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Times Advocate, 1992-07-15, Page 11 695 flusexnQr^Deisy Bundles Cash a Carry COUNTRY flOWfRS Exeter Gaga& Insur ace Service Experience Value 235420 Inside Director dies Playhouse show goes on page 3 Travel Ancestral home in Germany page 9 Swim team Barracudas start season Second front Farm safety Survivors of accidents pages 24 & 25 On the beach Lifeguarding the 'Bend page 26 Sesquicentennial Usbome celebrating 150 years Special section Town cutting back Targe garbage. collections EXETER - Town residents have been spoiled, the public works committee told council last week. Consequently, in a cost-cutting measure, three "large garbage" col- lections will be trimmed from the summer schedule next year. The town will no longer be col- lecting large items for disposal at the dump in July, August and Sep- tember next year. Only the collec- tions in May, June. October and November will remain in 1993. Exact collection days will depend where in town you live. "Its becoming a costly item to pick up garbage," noted councillor Ben Hoogenboom, but said that even with the reduction, he said Ex- eter will still be providing more ser- vice than most municipalities. Lon- -don. agreed -councillor Dave Urlin only offers residents two chances for citizens to get rid of old appli- ances, furniture and large yard waste - once each spring and fall. No teams register, Sandcastle Days folds GRAND BEND - Organizers of the Ontario Open Sandcastle Com- petition are disappointed to say the least at having to cancel the event scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday. July 18 and 19. "Finances, judging and every- thing else was set," said a dis- pleased organizer Laurie Mannell. "But we bad absolutely no build- ers." The event, which was to have taken place north of Grand Bead at the Pon Butte Conservation Area, received zero applications by the registration deadline of noon, July 10. Mannell, whom himself had in- vested over 500 man hours in the Project, said it was hard to believe there was oo interest after the suc- cessful venues held in the past. "In our worst year we had 14 roams mister," said Manuel!. The competition was to consist of two Classes with either iadividttols or Innis of five people. Prizes would Wen be awarded for most au - /bailie castle and best sculpture in each class, sad registration was any $5.00 per category. Sponsors of the event will have Pickings slim for students in summer job hunt EXETER - There are still a few students out there looking for sum- mer employment; and most are finding the pickings are slim. Tim Connelly at the Canada Em- ployment Centre for Students said students who are still looking for work have few choices in the reces- sion -strapped job market. "We're still getting jobs callsd in," said Connelly, but granted' they are fewer in number than the stu- dents still in his files. However, Connelly said he was able to find placements for nearly till of the college and university stu- dte us who came through his office. Public school students willing to take en low-paying casual labour jabs migt C also find themselves in luck. Those caught in the squeeze are the high school students who find litde opportunity to get the few mhdmum-wage jobs that are availa- ble. Connelly said he promoted the Hire -A -Student campaign hard in the area and also called all the ma - 1 Caught paying to five fire departments, Hay makes plea for more efficient protection By Adrian Harte T -A Editor ZURICH - While the possibility of establishing a district fire department to serve the area of Hay Township has been discussed at council, reeve Lio- nel Wilder says that appears to be a remote chance at best. -Hay Township eounoil meetly -made a-regwest-to the Ontario Fire Marshall to conduct a review for Hay Township to study the possibility of the estab- lishment of "a district type of Fire Deperunent". Wilder, however, said that he would be happy if some kind of agreement could be reached whereby the fire departments in the area could co-operate and share resources and equipment to help save the various municipalities some money. Wilder has often complained about the costs Hay Township bears for providing fare protection within its borders. Hay, without a fire department of its own, pays for protection from the Zurich, Hensall, Exeter, Dashwood, and Grand Bend Fire Depart- ments. He said the sum total could likely pay for a fire deparunent of the township's own, but would not provide a good response time to all parts of the municipality. "There's no question about it, our fire costs have gone up," said Wilder, pointing out much of the in- crease has been for mandatory safety equipment and workers regulations. "I'm not out for axing fire departments. I'm just out for making them work more efficiently," said Wilder. Wilder said it may be possible for several depart- ments to share extrication equipment, other seldom - used emergency equipment, and maybe dispatch services. Hay Township is not Toronto or London, said Wilder, and can't always expect to get the same kind of emergency protection of large municipali- ties, but he said small townships likely end up pay- ing more per capita for the protection they do get. "But how much can we afford?" he asked, adding that fire protection costs are "kind of a pet peeve with every municipal official", mostly because new provincial regulations have a way of costing smaller departments the most. Wilder said he would like to see some kind of subsidy from the province to take reapoosibility for nevwregulations. The recent introduction of bunker suits for all Ontario firefighters has cost depart- ments up to $1,000 for each suit. The cost to equip every volunteer firefighter has been significant, but not subsidized. "We've got to get these costs to where it's livea- ble," said Wilder. Water system corps on, line Lucan water ban should be lifted by this Friday LUCAN - At the July 7 meeting of Lucan village council, members learned that the new water system should be in full operation by Fri - dee. July 17. With this information, council has instructed building official Bar- ry . Mills to proceed with approval, of any building permit applications he has received for new develop - trent. Occupancy will not be ap- proved until connection is made to the naw wrier system. Construe$ in of.aae aipgle:4mily dwouiag.faliiag under this awry is now underway. Works supsriateadsnt Doug Johnston reported that be had total- ly filled and chlorinated the.tower that day with 500.000 galbos of water in seven hours . Pressure at the bottom was 71 pomade. Asked about the amount of pres- sute in the new syslein. Johnston relied. "Yes, we will nee a small increase in pressure, but I don't foresee any seriouus prableras." Johnston said that further teat* was still to be done, bat he be* everything walld,be mated up by the 17th. Reeve Tom McLaughlin indicat- ed that the ban an watering which has been in effect since 1987 would be lifted just as moon as ,the system iswavprovad and Abe hoped the date u1d be Joy 17. Arrangements are being made for the official pppnigg of the new wa- ter Qinribution system on August 13 with lbe,public invited;to iaapect the new fiaoility.and aee,n,in apos- tles'. jor employers in the area in the hope some positions might be found. "There was just absolutely noth- ing there. I think I got two jobs from calling a day and a half," he said. The weather has conspired against the students too. Tradition- al agricultural jobs are about a month behind, estimates Connelly, but expects hiring at places like Na- bisco and some farms will begin Continued on page 3 Jobs Iost as market decreases CENTRALIA - Dashwood Indus- tries, buoyed by low interest rates and hopes for a recovering econo- my, hired 56 students to work at the Centralia plant this summer. A lack of work orders, however, led the company to lay off about 36 of those students last week. Dashwood Industries vice- president and general manager Tom Duffy said the company likes to hire as many students as it can each summer. This year it had hoped a rebound in the housing market would boost orders for its windows and doors. Unfortunately, that re- bound is slow incoming and there was not enough work for most of the students. "The market is not as good as we would like to see it," said Duffy, explaining that the company decid- ed to give the students as much warning as possible of the layoffs. "If they can get a position else- where, they may be wiser," said Duffy. Continued on page 3 Motorcycle leads Exeter police on high speed chase EXETER - The Exeter police were led on a high-speed chase in the early hours of Saturday morn- ing, believing they were in pursuit of a stolen motorcycle, only to find a Seaforth youth riding without in- surance or properly licensed. Police say they noticed about 3:38 a.m. Saturday a motorcycle travelling unusually slowly along Highway 83, but without license plates. This motorcycle, say police, appeared similar to another one re- cently stolen in the county. When police attempted w stop the motorcycle and rider, the driver sped off leading police in a high- speed chase throughout various parts of Stephen Township, cover- ing a total distance of about 104 kilometres. The Exeter OPP assisted in the pursuit and the Grand Bend OPP assisted with the eventual arrest of the youth. London and Mount For- est OPP assisted with communica- tions for the chase. After the youth abandoned the motorbike and fled on foot, he was arrested at a Stephen Township farmhouse. The motorcycle was found to not be the one stolen earlier, but charged with operating a motor .ve- hick without insurance, in restric- tion of his driver's license, without license plates, and for failing to stop for police is Robert Holmes, 17, of Seaforth. He will appear in Exeter court on August 4. Police chief Jack Harkness said he commended the officers for fol- lowing all pursuit training and pro- tocols. Since police pursuits arc under such scrutiny these days, Harkness said it was fortunate this one concluded without injury or damage. Fate of police budget to be decided ' tont t EXETER - The Exeter Legion this Wednesday evening may set the scene for the future of the town's policing. At issue is the control of mu- nicipal police budgets, whether town council or the police services board has the final say on how much money is spent on the police force and where. The meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature presentations from both sides before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services. No less than the chairman of the commission, Doug Drinkwafer will be hear- ing the case in which Exeter Police Services Board chairman Sharon Wwm justifies the $572,710 budget submitted to the town in May. In turn, reeve Bill Mickle will justify why the town felt it was necessary to reject the budget that was 14 percent higher than 1991's and replace it with a budget of $510,395, a two percent increase. After the presentations, members of the public will be invited to make cornmcnts. The upcoming meeting was discussed at Thursday's police services board meeting, whore it was decided Worm would make the presentation on behalfof the board. "I thick we should restrict ourselves to 10 or 12 pagos (of written pres- entation]," Worm told the board. "Holy geez. it's going to Inst all night," objected bawd member Bruce Shaw. Warm said she wanted clear ducwneotativn •of bow the beard