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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-09-09, Page 1OBI Ssd Inver Omen Illeamets 2Wk off Cash & Cur} COLNTPT ftOWfRS er O Gaiter -Uncial Inear ince Service Experience Value 2354420 Serving, South Huron Darrell Fox Terry's brother tells his story page 2 AMO V P Exeter reeve gets seat at top table page 2 India Mission trip an eye-opener page 5 Grannie E. A book to celebrate 83 years page 11 Bantams • OBA championship in Exeter Second front Deer crossings cause two accidents, injuries EXETER - The Exeter OPP re- port four accidents in the past week. two of which involved inju- ries. On Sunday, a car driven by Beryl Adams of Huron Park struck a parked van on Algonquin Drive m Huron Park. The car was severely damaged the van only lightly so. Saturday, a motorcycle driven by David Newton of Exeter struck and killed a deer on Highway 83 near Concession Road 17. Both Newton and his wife Sandra received minor injuries in the incident The motor- cycle was also severely damaged. Friday. a car driven by Mary Shi- er of RR3 Dashwood, snuck and killed a deer, also on Highway 83 in Stephen Township at Concession Road 8-9. The car was modernatel% damaged and Shier witl treated for minor injuries. Last Tuesday, Aline Smith was backing out of her driveway in Grand Cove Estates when she col- lided with a car driven by Carhslc Cahoon, also of Grand Cove. Both czars were moderately damaged. Prank sinks GB OPP patrol boat GRAND BEND - The actual amount of damage caused to the OPP boat in Grand Bend during the holiday weekend is not yet known. Staff Sgt Lorne Smith said the plug on the the 22 -toot Panther pa- trol boat was pulled and the boat filled with water. "1t happened sometime between 2:30 and 7:30 in the morning," said Smith. Ho said the boat was hauled, par- tially still submerged by mayor Torn Lawaon's boat and taken to larger dockage area where it was taken out of the water. "Because it's the and of the year, we're taking it back to our garage in Toronto," said Smith. He Paid there was some damage to both the motor and the radio equipment. The final holiday weekend in Grand Bend was a fairly quite one as police laid a total of 200 charges. Of those 116 were tinder the Liquor License Act Sakti also reported five impaired charges, three under the Narcotics Gotgtrol Act, throe break-ins Mato c gpigea and four minor thefts. North Middlesex & Lamhton (harge! These .Usbome _Central School students were so eager to get back to school Tuesday moming they were just a blur coming off the bus. Well... either that or they were hurrying to avoid the rain. Time to get on with governing the country, says MPP By Fred Graves T -A staff GODERICII - It's been a very busy year for Murray Cardiff. The MP for Huron -Bruce has been making public appearances throughout Huron County as 11 not only celebrated its 150th Anniver- sary but several municipalities within the county had their own anniversaries m which he attended. But Cardiff. who addressed county council on Thursday, said the constitutional debates have kept all members busy. "We've had a very busy year in the House of Commons. The last while and for far too long, the con- stitution debates have dominated many of our thoughts and have tak- en most of our time." Cardiff said the message he has received from everyone is it's time to move on and govern the coun- try. Canadians will go to the polls on October 26, not for an election but a referendum. The question was disclosed to prerniers, opposition leaders, fust ministers and territori- al leaders on Friday. He said the constitution may not please everyone but it did mean a lot of compromising by the various leaders. "It hasn't got everything that eve- rybody wants. I don't think it will ever achieve .what everyone across this vast Ablation wants. Every re- gion is different" Provincial legislations in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec re- quire a referendum be held. Cardiff said it's only fair for all Canadians to voice their opinion. "1 don't know what the question is going to be yet, but I hope the question will be agreed upon. We want it to be straight forward... Cardiff told council he did not feel a referendum was necessary but it will give everyone in the country a chance to give their opin- 1cxt "I'm sure we all have various opinions it there should be a refe- rendum. My fust preference is that no, there should not." Cardiff added that once the refe- rendum is over, and assuming Inc answer is yes, it can be passed through all legislatures and the House of Commons by the end of the year and then 'that will be the end of the constitutional debates. "We think we have a wonderful country. I've travelled a lot of the world this year, I know we have a wonderful country." He said that Canada may have a lot of frustrations but there still are a lot of opportunities for Canadi- ans. "We want to get this all behind us and get doing things which we hope will build a better and strong- er economy for the next 125 years." The MP kaid. that eh= July. Can- ada has had a aero ppccottt.iwcteast in inflation And** 1.5 perttrsnt in the last 12. months. He mid ,t4at is .the lowest it bas been in ;ttaq iy years. 75 cent." 12 a bag fee Council votes for user pay 'bag and tag' garbage collection in Grand Bend GRAND BEND - In an attempt to help cover an esti- matcd 515,000 increase in its waste management bud- get. the village of Grand Bend has gone to a unique user pay system for garbage collection. Monday night, council passed a bylaw which will re- quire all resident., to pay $2 per bag effective October 5. The village's landfill site recently closed which means garbage is now being hauled to Watford. Before paying for garbage to be hauled away, the village's waste management budget was about $65,000 but now its $80,000 a year. "Waste is diminishing but garbage is going up," said administrator Paul Turnbull about the cost of waste management. Although there were several questions fmm local rat- epayers about the new system, council seems pleased with the new system. "This is a position of leadership Grand Bend is tak- ing. I commend the waste management committee," said mayor Tom Lawson. On October 5, those who live in the village will have to get a tag from the municipal office, which costs $2 and goes on each bag. These must be put on the bags in advance and there will be a fine of up to $2,000 for not following the new program as directed. Council announced the new pay -per -use system would be in lieu of paying the service charge on annual taxes which amounted to about 525. There is a big chance that villagers may not want to use the new system and instead of paying 52 and put- ting the tag on their garbage bags they may take the bags to other residences, find new places to put the trash, or begin to use the village's bins on a regular ba- sis. "If it's abused, were going to have to increase the price," said deputy -mayor Cam Ivey: "There will be an element of self -policing." One of the biggest concerns ratepayers who attended the meeting had was about bagging and tagging leaves. The bylaw states there is a maximum of five hags containing leaves or yard waste which will be picked up each week. May residents of Oakwood Park said this would mean they may have to find alternate meth- ods to get rid of their leaves. "By charging you $2 a bag hopefully you'll call pri- vate contractors to get your leaves out of the village,' said Tumbull. One resident even said he would go ahead and bum his leaves, which is prohibited in the village, and pay the $103 fine instead of paying which he suspected to be a lot more for having them bagged and tagged. Con -man convicted of fraud charges KITCHENER - An 80 -year-old Cambridge man convicted on 13 counts of bilking farmers out of $330,000 in exchange for promises of low-interest loans, and who was investigated for similar frauds in the Exeter area, awaits sentencing October 19. Donald Robert Fairborn of Cam- bridge, who also owns at. least one rental property in Exeter, was con- victed in Ontario court last Tues - ay. Fairborn originally faced nine charges of fraud in the Waterloo re- gion after farmers in four commu- nines complained they had been de- frauded of $65,000 U.S. Five addi- tional counts of fraud were later added. Police with the Waterloo regional fraud squad said during the period from 1985 until last spring, Fair- born approached farmers in rural areas by selling fire extinguishers door-to-door, and proceeded to claim he was heir to a rich aunt's 560 millionestale in the U.S. Fairborn promised farmers low- interest loans if they would loan him money up -front to pay legal fees. None of the money was re- covered. The Times Advocate learned -from a woman caller that her par- ents in the Mitchell area were de- frauded of several thousand dollars years ago in an identical scheme, and wondered if others in the area had been bilked by the same man. The Exeter OPP confirmed they had investigated a fraud occurrence involving Fairborn in 1988, but no charges were laid. Council says yes to casino By Fred Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - Supporters of the Lakeview Casi- no which could be built near this popular resort com- munity, went looking for the village councils stamp of approval Monday night, and got it. Over 60 people crowded into the council chambers to wart and hear mayor Tom Lawson say that Grand Bend is very supportive towards have a gambling casi- no in its backyard. "We want to make sure Grand fiend is number one. Our business is tourism," said Lawson. The Lakeview group is waiting for air announcement arum the provincial government which will likely de- cide between Grand Bend, Port Burwell and Port Stan- ley to the location of a casino. That announcement is expected within three weeks. "1 have no problem supporting a gambling casino," said councillor Phil Maguire. Erwin Schottrofl, owner of the Pinedale Inn repre- sented a large group of villagers un Monday and said inc casino would be a big boost to the sagging econo- my. "It would rejuvenate our tourism business which is zippo right now," he said Lloyd Guillet, one of the enureprenecus who brought the idea of a casino to Grand Bend, said about 50 acres is being considered outside of inc village limits. He said he has received a lot of support linen Lamb - ton MPP Ellen Madeimon who recently wrote a tetter to Minister of Tourism and Recreauon Marilyn Chur- ley. "Grand Bend has the proper wrung and ample prop- erty ready to proceed on construction right away. This area is to be commended for their foresight and prepar - anon," wrote McKinnon.. She added she delivered a detailed slue;) . prepare: by the Lakeview group to Churley's office which was prepared by the group. When Schoumff attended council on Monday he was looking for a formal support which he wanted in writing. "A united front is necessary. We feel it is important council support this project in wriung. Now is not inc time for Grand Bend to take the sit -back -and -wait atti- tude," said Schouroff. Since Guillett first announced his attempt to build a casino back in April, there has been. questions 111 con- cerned by everyone involved. "I don't want to commit the village to something it can't afford." said Uniac. "I in quite sure it it's done right it can be quite a benefit to clic village. But the ramifications of such a thing as going with gaming and a full-scale casino operation in a village of this size...I feel uneasy because we haven't got sufficient informa- tion from the province.' He said die village dues not know what the finasicial gain would be and he said that is a primary concent. SchotlrofT said it was tulforturiatc that members of council did flet join a large group of Grand Bend and area residents who made a trip to view casinos in the United States. "Don't get me wrung, I want to keep the gate open on this thing, 1 want us to be there on the list and cun- sidered before everyone else." said Uniac. Guillet said he had another list of nearly 900 signa- tures indicating they wish to sec a casino come to Grand Bend. However, there is.anot er group of over 200 opposed. Legion chili cookoff this Saturday EXETER - Plans are well ander - way for the 2nd Annual Exeter Lc- gion Chili Cookoff this Saturday. and according to chairman Dave Grundy, a crowed of over 1,000 people is expected to attend this year's event "We've added a lot more enter - mid Grundy. "And we've included more things for thc. kids. It's a family.affair." Bluegrassend Country bands bave been hooked for the afternoon to belp patti;ippists 'fine lane' their recipes, while the day's events will be capped off by a dance scheduled for, the giving. All preparations must be done 00 site in the Legion parking lot, and participants can begin setting up at 8 aril. The cooking period will be a minimum of throe hours and a maximum of five. 'the general ad- mission gate for the public will be open at 11 a.m. Three preliminary judging tables will be set up, with the top four chi- lies from each table going on to the final table. Competition is the name of the game, and prizes will not only be awarded for best chili, but also for bast decorated chili booth alai must entertaining chili team. As last year, spectators may pur- chase a tasting kit which entitles them to saiuple each of the recipes and cast a ballot for the "Peoples' Choice Chili". Thirty teams arc expected to c part in this year's event. Hay, Exeter disagree over zoning change OODBRICH • It.eppears as though the Minisuy of Municipal Af- fairs will have the foal say on the re -zoning of a piece of property in Hay Towaahip which lira just outside of the of issteter. At Thursday's Huron County Council meeting in ; cow - ell decided to support gat re-aoaing of the lands from Restricted Ag- ricultural to Commercial. Continued on pabc two 4 r