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Times Advocate, 1992-05-06, Page 24111.42 e May 6,1992 PImt committee 1 eje• city `pharmacy ;proposal ST. MARYS - 'the St. Marys 'using Advisory Committee bat turned down a proposal.front a London developer for a new medical tentreipharmacy' in the town of St. Marys. According to a story in the St. Marys Journal Argus, a planning report and public hearing. was also requested on a second --pro 'peal for a clinic in the town. -'The first proposal was defeat- ed because of the- pharmacy. Zoning bylaw states that a phar- macy may only be located on :land zoned _General Commer- cial. London developer John Rodgers isproposing developing a ,clinic on Queen St. west of the hospital. The .second proposal was made by she First Huntingdon Corporation, a London develop- ;lainent company with plans for property on Ingersoll St. south «Queen. uncil ports bid r :penitentiary CLINTON The.town of - ton,. with thesnpport of its coun- cillors, is planning to move full Speed ahead to construct a medi- .um security penitentiary within . hearea. -As -eported in the Clinton News . Record, Huron County Council received a letter from commissioner of. corrections Ole ingstrup, stating the Correction-. al vice of Canada mill -bd building amedium securitypen- :itentiary in Ontario, andare cur- rneatly.seeking sites. Councillor i Bill Taylor --began work on having the facility,:ex-. petted to cost 560 million tode- sign and eotwmct over a four to five year-peeiod, built in Tusrker- -smittt~Towmhip.The carni iilkit has since located 150 sores of land in the township near Huron - view, which the owner is willing to sell. A•meeting is set for next Mon- day, May 11 in Clinton, with the reeves from 1uckersmith, Hui - lett, Stanley .and Goderich Townships along with Clinton Mayor Murray Taylor, .county clerk -administrator Nigel Bell - chamber as well as representa- tives from Seaforth and Huron County Council. $a„yfis td town hall re -omens .BA - The Village of Bayfield will celebrate Canada's 125th birthday with a jlllatirse- ,oponing of its 110 -year-old town hall. As reported in the Mitchell Advocate, the town hall fund- -raising committee is hoping to have the hall open in time for ,the strawberry social held on Fa- ther'sDay. Parkhill wants ban on -_strip -bar -PARKHILL - Members of prepar- ban on �C+li nt, Aor 41tsa iaJiatNtrw►m. i S to an ale in the . father Igor- erliansitliaut She rumour was ui waiMWe. and checks by the Geansue found no,„(sme debts for it. Any existing Wigwag, with or . without liquor license, ,does not =Wire .psrypiNiion . to employ strippers. hatike- Operators of tbo,ihree lith ed establishments in Fsrkhi ll M y don't plan many. The South •Huron'Hospital Auxiliary presented a cheque to the hospital Monday morning. Administrator Don Currel! (left), and chairman of the board Howard Datars (right), accept the $15,000 cheque from auxiliary tike -president Marjorie Johns. The money was raised through the gift shop and!he_auxillary rummage sale and will be used to purchase new equipment for the hospital. Cauncil approves casino proposaI '747/RileilD BEND - The:nrinpokal t* build a casino in Gr - mains a waiting game foalbC Lake- view Casino group. - Following Thursday's .Ontario budget in which the provincial gov- lernment said gambling .casinos mould become a -reality, Grand Send Council has taken a further step towards what could beccnne a major tourist attraction for South- western Ontario. At Monday's meeting, council told representatives of .the gs+aop, they would support the proposal to bring acasino to the village. "I feel confident we sho nidagrec {dative these gentlemen what they -snaed to carry. on :their research," taliidcouncillorPhil Maguire. . 13he: next step for the Lakeview :worse is to wait and see what in- tithcmnation will be passed. to Grand Mend from the Ministry:oflJonsu- :•+aner and Corporate Affairs. ""We have to wait for.the provin- eaisl government. it/could be two or `ittilstee.weeks," saldi Loyd Guillet of : kakcview.Casino:lie was joined at Mondays conn itaneeting by Keith Hoggard and both were pleased E tit council's decision -to support their project. .Guillet .and Hoggard broughr.to .council a.large stack of letters from .decal residents .who are in favour of she casino. "lahave:iatiaapISMia.come to me saying =tlhayaaete.,titgiilos .:11," aid deputy -12876 3 am Ivey. Councillor:Ed-Fluter said he was in favour of 'supporting the casino as long as there was full public in- put along with a review of the gov- ernment regulations on gaming. One of .the rules governing gam- ing, according to village _adminis- .%lrator Paul Turnbull isthat employ- :-ees of the casino would have to be :civil servants. Mayor Tom Lawson noted there seems -,to be a large reaction to the • possible building,of-Lakeview Ca- sino. "We've put Omnd Bend's name across Canada and the United Slates and we're excited about it," he said. Guillet said the group has already chosen a property fain the village limits which theysare consider- ing. ,.Meanwhile, suppliers, builders and .the general public continue to ask questions about what could,°ac- cording-to Lawson change the fu- ture of Grand Bend. ilIlicicle 'ends term as DSUNI chairman By Adrian Harte ST. THOMAS - Exeter reeve Bill Mickle s year as chairman of the as- . * dation of Ontario Small Urban .Ndunicipalities (OSUM) came to an -and Friday evening at the conclu- sion of the organization's annual conference held in St. Thomas last week. OSUM is a sub -group of the As- sociation of Municipalities of Onta- rio (AMO) which has proved itself an effective lobby group for munic- ipal interests with other levels of government over the years. The OSUM conference held at the Centre St. Anne's Parish not only included representatives from many of Ontario's urban centres that fall into the under -50,000 pop- tdationsMr-ry, but also featured guttllrgihal intituled federal ealsbasiduisimOsaintRamty. pro- vincial minister of Municipal Af- fairs Dave Cooke. and minister of - Tourism and Recreation Peter h. t.04ayor Brian Turnbull of the City .4eef Waterkro, speaking at Friday's closing banquet, was representing the Large Urban Association and made some comments on Cooke's demands that municipalities must restructure themselves into more ef- ficient units. "I would say the province should spend less time telling municipali-• ties to restructure and more time putting ,its own house in aider," saidpbull, .who also said the a!tlftMw t process is "ar- C C" vision. BLU to the hall lake live of OSUM + • ! thanks to Exeter, 1111111111e I '- , most of whom) ,ire present, for. their mission dur- feillat his year as cbt t't. ±``My deepest ..fgewaMation for ateorything you've done. fix frte,",he acid. Mickle then thanked .the OSUM executive for the "excellent meet- ings" they have had over the year. ''it has been a mewoxial year for ;laic. 11 will be something 1.citerish dad sealcanbef,La a fang vote, Lac . said. Mickle also related-rtoj4Perrin Beatty's .address that afternoon as being very inspirational. Beatty had addressed constitutional issues from the point of viewing what would be lost by Canadians should the country divide. Mickle pointed out that the sub- ject of "disentanglement", the pro- cess of separating the jurisdictions - of various levels of government, has just begun and remains a.chal- lenge for OSUM and AMO in com- ing years. Charles Caldwell, mayor of New Liskeard and incoming chairman of OSUM, gave his inaugural speech. He said while he had a very differ- ent approach from Mickle, they both had the same goals. baron County warden Bob Fish- er+ itMi tyle was a great asset at pry tetincil during his chair- nnaliship of OSUM. "It's like we had radar this year. We knew what was coming out of Toronto before anyone else," said Fisher. .anter mayor .Bruce Shaw then salikessed the group and pointed out that while he is a Conservative, ;she said that no longer means keep - :ding the status quo. "We want change; we demand change. We think what has gone ,ran is no longer for the best," he :.acid, calling Ontario and Canada -litre probably the most over- . overned group of people on the planet." Shaw then called the two systems sof publicly funded schooling an ex- .;pnple sofijthc "absolutely stupid" ggovemment. "We [council] said, if we're going to have stupidity in this, province, we want a representative," he joked, referring to Mickle's.dtair- nianship. "We support Bill and what he's done," contigs d Shaw, saying that Mickle MPISIrRts well .the small- towalMhSla of Ontario. •Sbtive.lsilsilld council will come to miss the information Mickle has been bringing back from OSUM over the past year. "It is important, .what. you'rc do- ing," said the mayor, noting that OSUM's fight against the province has not gone unnoticed. finished his year 05 chairman of the association of Ontario Small Urban Municipalities or; Friday .evening in.St. Mows. r Polka taidaget sit btboaid Continued 'Prom front page v,rsoaaketHaalspreil should consid- stay with them, in good times or er guts to 1o+�, publit. works maintenanee, O0 fire detriment, or town sdmitration to help'y for policing. "We talk ab»tt Nae box opera- tion, that may be the first one to be bit," said Miekle. As for policing "alternatives", Mickle said he does not want to raise them at This point if the bud- get problem can be solved. He said he knows of a 4,500 -population municipality with six people han- dling policing, "but'wc'vc got sev- en. How big a force do we need? Urlin said council might want to ask the public, crime victims or owners of stores that have been broken into before making changes "I don't aigleehihtlhe ttWefts- es...but I think people don't mind paying for a job well done," said Urlin. Mickle agreed, saying a referen- dum may be needed to decide coun- cil's best coarse of action. had". Hoogenhoom mid contmets are open for re -negotiation all over the country and suggested the Police AssoOiatiott should 'ideal with us based on the concerns we have". "The chief is going to be the. highest paid (municipal official) in this town, and that to me is unac- ceptable," said Hoogenboom. Fuller said re -opening contract with the police officers when nine and 17 percent is offered to other employees would not be wise. "if you want to open up the con- tract, go ahead, but you'll lose," said Urlin, who predicted a 20 per- cent increase when police officers demand`parttywith other -communi- ties in the area. "If we don't get a handle on po- lice budgets then taxpayers in this town are going to ask how we're going to control tax increases on property owners. I think that's a le- gitimate concern," said Micklc, Lucas supports y' petition on annexaftw LUCAN - All municipalities in the county of Middlesex have joined in protesting the recent an- nexation decision to triple the size of the city of London. Lucan village council has agreed to circulate the petition which ex- presses displeasure and concerns of the residents of the county and area in .the arbitration process and in particular the recommendations of the arbitrator. process. The petition directs Middlesex warden Frank Clare to put the Pre- mier of Ontario and the Minister of Municipal Affairs on notice of the county's opposition to the arbitra- tion process. Lucan reeve Tom McLaughlin said, " We will be lobbying all 130 MPP's. Maybe we can't do much on boundary lines, but surely we can do something about compensa- tion. McLaughlin concluded, " I hope this type of arbitration process is not repeated anywhere else in the province." Exeter man receives 80 -clay sentence EXETER - An Exeter man was sentenced to a total of 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges in Provincial. Court in Exeter last Tues- day. Mark Weir.ofExeter pleaded guilty to charges of failing to .attend court and mischief under S1.000. The court was told that on November 23 an of- ficer was called to the Estate building in Exeter where a bicycle had been thrown through a•win- t.;dow. The officer spoke to the accused who said he knew nothing of tithe incident, but two witnesses said they saw the accused throw the -:bike onto the street twice and then through the window. Damage to the bike was $128 -and to the window 5819:60. The ac - soused had been drinking prior to the incident, and had already had a rtnm-in with two others at a downtown bar.. `Judge RG.E. Hunter took into account previous convictions for dangerous c*iving.and .theft under 51,000 when sentencing Weir to 15 days in jail for Tailing to attend court December 10. Weir was also sentenced to 45 days in jail for mischief under $1,000, was placed on 12 months probation and ordered to make restitution for the window and bicycle within nine months. Break and enter David Bussell of Hensall entered a guilty plea to a charge of break and enter of atrailer with intent at General Coach in Hensall on Feb- ruary 21. OPP officers told the court they were called to investigate two :trailer break and enters around 9:15 a.m. They found three sets of footprints in the snow in the parking lot which led to the trailers. -Police found one window broken in each trailer, and continued to follow the footprints through a field and eventually 122 King St. Police questioned three people there whose shoe treads matched those of the prints. Damage was listed at 5455. The accused testified that he acted only as a lookout. Bussell received a suspended sentence, 12 months probation was sentenced to 75 hours of community service to be perfornied within nine months in addition to make restitution in the amount of 5152 within three months. Mischief under 51,000 Jon D. Schenk of teeter entered a guilty plea to a charge of mis- chief under $1.000 after damage to a 1992 GMC truck, property of Huron Motor Products (HMP), on December 21 in Usbornc Town- ship. The Court heard that around 4 a.m. a number of males were walk- ing through the lot at Frayne's and HMP when the damage was dune. The truck had its right rear quarter panel dented and the passenger mirror broken. Damage was listed at 5300, and the co -accused has made $100 restitution. Schenk was given the choice of a 5500 fine with six months to pay or 25 days in jail. In addition, Schenk was placed on probation for 12 -months and was ordered to make restitution of 5200 to be paid within 90 days. BAC over 80 Kenneth Weigel of Crediton pleaded guilty to having a blood alco- hol count of over 130 mg per like after an incident November 2. The court heard Weigel was stopped for speeding and failed sub- sequent breathalyser tests with samples of 110 and 110. In addition to a 12 -month suspension, Weigel .was given the choice of a S750 futc with nine months to pay of 35 days in jail. Public mischief Dennis J. MacDonald of Huron entered a guilty plea to a charge of public mischief following a serious accident which occurred around 1:47 a.m. as Februluy Z8. MacDonald informed police his wife had been the driver of his ve- hicle which was involved in an accident at the intersection of High- way 4 and County Road 4. Nice told the court they arrived at die sc cot to futd two seriously injured persons un the read, one of which die accused was attending to. When asked, the jiecusod told police his wife laid been driving, but admitted to police the following day that he had milled them be- cause he WAS afraid of circumstances of insurance. MacDunaki was given the choice of a 5500 fine with 90 clays tit pay or 25 days in jail.