Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-06-03, Page 11 Households left without water EXETER - A broken water main left some Exeter house- holds without water Sunday eve- ning as PUC „repair crews scram- bled to plug the leak. ' A passerby reported water leaking from _the ground at 7:30 Sunday evening at the corner of Huron and Main Streets, and the PUC discovered that the water line ,had indeed broken and was eroding the road bed underneath Main Street. Trucks of gravel, sand, and an excavator were brought in from C.E. Reid and Sons to help the PUC dig out the sicdt so a C- clasup "bandage" could be placed around the leak. PUC manager Hugh Davis ex- plaiaed Monday that the crews discovered the line bad not actu- ally bsroken, but bad developed two holes due io uurrotjon. Cpochtm over corrosion of I e Main Sweet line was .what led the -PUC to :iaa{an chattel* anodes .vo .the ,line in 1990, .but Davis arid be Maw iapWd.dasn- agc had akeady,bsoon dente. "They averen't big Moils, -butt it's a big main," tatted Davis, wb0.11190. welainud . bat eve, if the tasking .wj4er <jtt't . lspo dy o t t .. s.m wis Activated .01 pumping station. Households ,mud buaiati/As along Main Stitt from Huron to Sanders, and some side struts, had their water shut off until 12:30 a.m. until the repair was complete. Davis said while actual costs of the repair effort are not yet in, he said he could guess it will cost about $6,000 by the time the Main Streetathphalt has been repaired within the rhea few days. a PUC Wilk crows spent ,their Sunday evening et the corner of Main and Huron Streets in an emergency ef- fort ffort to repair a broken water line. An excavator lifted the asphalt of the street to uncover H water -filled cavi- ty caused by the break. In hopes: ofaha ring what it means to -be Canadian with their countrymen, Kinsmen and Klnette Clubs across Canada are sponsoring the "Proud to be Canadian "project. At Hensel!! Public School Wednesday, students were given the opportunity to sign one of 600 flags being distributed across Canada by Kinsmen/Kinettes. Eventually, all the flags will be taken to Ot- tawa where one child from each province will be selected to deliver them to • Brian Mulroney on Canada Day. In addition, two tower flags began their trek across Canada simultaneously on January 1 from British Columbia and Newfoundland, with hopes of meeting at the Terry Fox Memorial in June. insides sig Daddy Shin Digs Newto GrandBend page 5 Fitness Challenge Hensall defeats Zurich page 11 Exeter Hawks Pratt named - head coach Second front OFSAA Five area athletes qualify page Huron Street to get new 30 km/h zone EXETER - Town motorists will have to get used to a new speed limit, at least along one stretch of Huron Street. Council Monday meting approved a plan to reduce the speed bath on the .uccl ai ng - side Victoria !?lark to 30 kstlhh. The decision came from atrblic works committee report. that:advo- sated Ate -slaw limit atter .spinning with Janet Kleinschmidt, a parent who .ohlrelaled t siaem over ,the safety of children *yang ; in. Abe park, .which .includes a toddles wadine Pool. •Kleinschmidt Itadad- voi sled a new.alop sign at the later - maim - of Ceding . and Heron . Stmts. but>the oommittee:aaw„Yue ,rpdtned:apaed, limit as a atpae.whe- f ul„,e tion. "A.iotro[ppe agile feel it is a vary .;t_— Us isitO? 1 Qn :lotion SMset," anti dike `Jakn %fioomen- him"wida basil. Hoogenboom said the new spaced limit will apply to the block aloog- ,pidc the park plus 11)0 AMIreilow- down zones on either aide. The public works comatilieettleo voted in favour of inssallJbgiaew playground warning shins A1lpmg that section of street. Brand Bend MTD road yard closing in July GRAND BEND - The Minis- try of pe ion roadworks Iseektt jnstsnotrth of Osend Bend atHort Blake is scheduled to be closed in July. Dave Meldrum at the Stratford MTO office explained that the Grand Bend facility is to be tarred over to the Chatham • MTO district and will be amal- gamated with the Port Franks fa- cility. -The Geoid Bend yard kept -two plows for winter read clear- ance on Highways 81 to Park- hill. Highway 21 from Grand Bend to St..Joseph. Highway 84, Highway 83 to Exeter, and Highway 4 as far north as Hen - sail. The facility employed five full time crew members for year-raatmd highway mainte- nance, with additional workers in 46e winter. "However, :that number has been cut to three full-time staff in anticipation of the amalgamation. The Port Franks yard will take over the employees and duties of the Grand Bend facility, which . will likely be kept for equipment storage. "Nothing is going to . be sold or relinquished in the district for a year," said Meldrum. The amalgamation is part of a region -wide plan to cut the over- all number of road yards to 41 from 55, but otherwise "it shouldn't be much different than it is now." said Meldrum. Police budget now a "stand-off at .OK corral' 41..11111s4 temaiklips le comperate se bovilary issues GRAND BEND - Although they have been at odds for nearly a dozen years, it appears as though three local municipalities may he joining forc- es. Boundary negotiations between the Village of Grand Bend and Stephen and Bosanquet Townships have been going on for many years. At most times the three have failed to see eye -to -eye. However, Monday night, Cant Ivey, deputy -mayor of Grand Bend, an- nounced the three municipalities were in agreeance to an economic Study. "With the help of our two neighbours, it may be possible to have a nun.; ber of participants share in the benefits and the costs," said Ivey of the pro- posed study. Recently, the Minister of Mtnhicipal Affairs, David Cooke, sent the rec- ommendations, which would see Grand Bend expand its borders into the neighbouring townships, back to the Lambton County Boundary Natalia - dons Committee. The ministry. did not object to the new boundaries but he had several 0%7 as of concern, including the establishment of a liaison committee involv- ing the throe municipalities. Monday night, Mayor Tom Lawson said the village would, in principle, accept any further recommendations the Boundary Negodadons Commit- tee had. Grand Bend's main stumbling block is the fact there is no long range plan which is important to have when determing the actual physical size of its community for the future. "We are caught as Grand Bend. Our future depends on how we react to certain situations," said Lawson. It was pointed out by councillor Bill Uniac that many people who live on the borders of the village, especially those in Soitthcott Pines and the Oakwood subdivision, call Grand Bend their home, even though they are outside the village's boundaries. "The lines on the map aren't doing their job," said Uniac. He added that those residents in the surrounding areas are going to have to take a more active role in the future of Grand Bend. "We have to t'ltke anew look at Grand Bend. It can't function within its boundaries," said councillor Phil Maguire. And the village is growing. Monday night Lawson said the Lambton County Board of Education could even be in the process of expanding the Grand Bend Public School, a school which only a few years ago had been considered for closure. Gidley St. one way? Safe walkway s CLINTON - Safety concerns over pedestrian traffic in a laneway 'sadjacent 'to South Huron District ;High SW et -have crept welte- Hum County Board of Education to discuss the construction of a new walkway. During a report presented to the board by the management commit- tee at Monday's regular board meeting in Clinton, discussion cen- tred on the possibility of an acci- dent occurring in the laneway on the west side of South Huron where both pedestrian and vehicle traffic is heavy during school bus loading. It was recommended by the board that the Town of Exeter be contacted to examine the possibility of changing a portion of Gidley Street in front of South Huron to Atiesteintmdfiniffic only, and :that the board: proceed to install a pro- tected walkway in the secondary school driveway area to provide a safe pedestrian walkway to and from Exeter Public School on prop- erty owned by the board. "With the buses loading it's al- ways beena potential danger zone because cars leaving the school are forced to pull blindly into moving traffic," said Jim Chapman, trustee for Exeter. "But I can't support changing Gidley Street because that would severely hinder access to the school." for school Currently, access to South Huron is limited to Senior and Gidley !Streets, with . tie teachers' parking 4otabeing tiff--of-Gilley. Leaking for.other possible solutions, Chap- man suggested that perhaps the board consider asking the town to make an amendment, whereby traf- fic be limited on Gidley during the time buses load. "I can't really see the town sup- porting the idea .of making Gidley one-way when the problem only exists when the buses are there," said Chapman. The board has received a number of reports from concerned individu- als on the subject over the years. EXETER - Reeve Bill Mickle read a pc+ ed neat -at Mon- day evening's council meeting in response, to comments made by the chairman of the police services board. Mickle said he was troubled to read in the Times Advocate last week that police board chairman Sharon Wurm coraidered the police budget complete as decided by the board. Some weeks ago, council rejected the $572,710 budget submitted by the board for the operation of the town police force for 1992. Coun- cil instead said . the 14 percent in- crease was unaccepuble and insist- ed on a two percent increase at $310,395. Cowtcil have insisted the police services beard aunt abide by their *elision or appeal it ;to :the ;pow-. Mice. Worm, on the elber Awed. widJbe Times Adsatate.tbatiterill be :up to comma to ,tpmpall the basid's bMtlget, In bis etMr sso 1 Wo,Mid "Ave fusspot have -fpet i4laintetest. brands with rewelecied ptlplssdicaUitng the .iapmpial -speeding >of ssn ' a1asted camacil. To lieve,#bet Iowa is. to Jaw .caatrol °Oho aRtwtgpte1 bad- ;ger tud- J ...fie ,Ahe Paha lentiefeS botlld.11vMsatllieY, !pal Ac nmU's ottitl *be Awls .:,when they.gauit$5l04g95. MicJdedjtohpld caessil,l4lwrrt;is j1TI a al Allifort for Yrs, toofis's 4ggigi1Mh. Illic000ted from a repot -rhom.,theartapert Pawl on Muntcl- pal Police Services Budgets. who agreed that giving control of police budgets solely to.the board compro- mised the accountability of the mu- nicipal councillor to.the =tamers. The panel also concluded "The OCCPS [Ontario Civilian Commis- sion on Police Services] has signifi- cant powers over a police force, the chief of police and the Police Ser- vices Board. However the deci- sions of the OCCPS cauoot be di- rectly enforced on a municipal council". Mickle said there should, Still be room to solve the.irypasse iu►ith the board, but he staid ti's first attaindate is fiosneial ity. Councillor Dave O,irli asked if Jibe pay increases for to police chief and police secretar had gone ,lhruugh, and was told by clerk Lir. Mull that because the police servic- es board approved them, they were paid out. "1 think it's important the execu- live committee and the board get together lout de suite and get this thing ironed out," said Urlin, who warned that a legal battle could be More expensive than the budget dif ierencc. Micklc said he did not object to ,tilting down to negotiate with Ow ;hoard. "It's a stand-off at the OK corral, .isn't it?" said Mickle. "I guess it is," replied Urlin. Council agreed to instruct the ex- ecutive committee to invite the po- lice board to their next meeting.