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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-12-30, Page 3Corlette Elder skates with her son Troy at the public skate held at.the South Huron Recreation Centre Monday afternoon, sponsored by the Children's Aid Society. Dashwood Ilydto-Elecft)c System DASt4WOOD. ONTARIO NOM INC REVISION .OF HYDRO RATES The Dashwood Hydro -Electric System has been notiified by ' Ontario Hydro, there will be an increase of 82% in wholesale electricity rates to the Utility effective January 01, 1993. As a result, 5.5%of this increase will have to be passed on to . our customers tor electricity • used on or after January 01, 1993 as approved by Ontario Hydro, Approval #M92-111 dat- ed December 02, 1992. •Dashwood hydro -Electric System, P.O. Box 51, Dashwood, Ontario, NOM 1NO '92 in :view iFebruary 5 •Ata consultation meeting held in Clinton, several business lead- ers and community representatives felt they had been unable to con- vince MPP Paul Klopp that the .new labour legislation the provincial government was pursuing was a step in+ the wrong direcdon. •The first hint at what was to be a year-long battle had begun. Ex- eter reeve Bill Mickle told council he knew of several towns that employ an OPP contract rather than supply their own police force. He said those towns pay less than Exeter and suggested that was an option council should seriously consider. •Rather than see a large section of beach go unpatrolled by life- guards once again, Grand Bend council decided to lease the main beach from Archie Gibbs, the Parkhill man who was awarded the beach in a 1989 court decision. February 12 •A blaze in Centralia destroyed Pryde Monuments, causing over $150,000 in damage. Business owners said despite the loss of much stock and equipment, they would be back in business within weeks. • Despite a call for restraint from the Huron Board of Education, trustees were contemplating a budget in which the payroll alone would be going up almost S3 million. •ln Grand Bend, the Winter Carnival celebrated its first of two weekends. This year the sled dog competition went ahead on a full track of snow. In past years the races were cancelled time and again due to warm weather, and in 1991 were run on a short track of trucked -in snow. •The Kirkton Woodham Winter Carnival also revelled in the sea- sonable weather, boasting of a great attendance for the annual event. February 19 •Ten Lucan senior citizens found themselves without a home as the Lucan Villa entered bankruptcy. Although they were supposed to have received 72 hours notice, the call came through oniy hours before everyone was to have vacated the premises. Several other residents had moved out of the Villa in the previous month, wary of the rumours of bankruptcy - •In a decision they would later reverse, Stephen Township Council approved stipend Increases for themselves between 5.7 and 6.6 per- cent. Township staff also received pay hikes between five and six percent. • At the annual meeting of the Bluewatcr Recycling Association, tension was in the air as representatives of the provincial govern- ment and Ontario industries tried to lay the blame for delays in plans for recycling program and cutbacks on financial commitments. •The second weekend of the Grand Bend Winter Carnival was not nearly so wintery as the first. Spectators could watch the efforts of the international ice sculpting teams crumble before their eyes in the above -zero weather. February 26 • Six busloads of Huron County Farmers travelled to Parliament Hill to add their voices to the 30,000 who gathered there to make sure the federal government understood their hopes that the supply management system in Canada would not be bartered away at the GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) talks in Geneva. •The policies of the fledgling Reform Party seemed to win favour with an audience who gathered at South Huron District High School. Supporters said the party represents a "quiet revolution" in the way future governments will have to do business. •The drama department at South Huron District High School • claimed the award for the best production at the annual Blyth Drama Festival. -The students performed Blood. Relations, taking top hon- ours from.among.the 11 participating schools. } }\ / ' ] j j _, I \I LOIS Times-Advocate, December 30, 1992 Page w March 4 •in what was to become reality later in the year, the Huron County Board of Education first considered making students pay for the privilege of parking their cars at -Huron high schools. •Donations were being accepted to help a Stephen Township fami- ly who lost their rented home in a house the. Left homeless after the blaze were Dan and Marie Connor - • In response to a disappointing Superthon Telephone Campaign, the Exeter Lions Club were planning an Baster Seals mail campaign to help boost funds they were planning to spend on local htuldi- capped children. •Exeter town council was told by one irate resident to consider dropping their parking fines policy. The complainant was a shopper who found a ticket on her car after shopping at Exeter stores for three hours. March 1 i • Stephen Township council bowed 10 public complaints and rolled back the pay increase they gave themselves in February. Council acknowledged the 5.7 - 6.6 percent increase to council member re- muneration rates "angered" a lot of people. •The Crediton Library was slated to be closed, announced Huron County Council as it trimmed its 1992 library budget. Other county . libraries on the chopping block were Belgrave, Ethel, Walton, Bel - more, Bluevale, and Brucefteld. • •A break and enter spree at local variety stores. gas stations, facto- ries and other businesses in the Humn Park, Centralia, Crediton and Dashwood areas came to an end as the OPP laid 219 charges against 25 people, including 21 young offenders. •Workers at General Homes in'Hensall were being asked to accept • the "reality" of the marketplace and accept a rollback in wages to help keep the plant alive. The union, however, rejected the cutback offer, saying enough concessions had been made by employees al- ready. March 18 •A white-out was being blamed for an eight car pile up on High- way 4 south of Centralia. The chain reaction happened .before 8 a.m. in commuter traffic, but only minor injuries were reported. • Accepting that recent energy-efficient upgrades to the ice -surface lighting at the South Huron Recreation Centre resulted in "spotty" il- lumination, promises were made to correct a problem in the posi- tioning of the new bulbs in the old reflectors. March 25 •A load of 220 tonnes of corn was on its way to Mozambique from Hensall as part of a famine relief effort sponsored by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, and strongly supported by local churches and the Hensall Co -Op. •MPP Paul Kiopp was urging building inspectors to be lenient when enforcing a provincial regulation requiring . only inspected lumber be used in construction. Kiopp said the regulation did not take into account the number of farmers who use their own woodlot lumber for farm construction projects •For the second year in a row, the Exeter Lions hosted their dis- trict's annual public -speaking contest at the Lions Youth Centre. Seven top speakers from high school's across Southwestern Ontario competed at the event, including Rob Mizzi from South Huron Dis- trict High School. Playhouse elects 93 board GRAND BEND - The Huron Country Playhouse has announced its new slate of directors for 1993. The new president _to chair. -the board is retired MPP Jack Riddell. Shirley McIntyre and Bob Turn- bull, both of Grand Bend, will be serving as vice-presidents. Grand Bend businessman Bryan Beattie remains as treasurer and interior de- • signer .Leni Vezmeulen _of Grand Bend remains as secretary for an- other term. Mary Metcalfe of Grand Bend is the Guild Represen- manly one case heard %11 Exeter court EXETER - A 20 -year-old London resident was given the choice of paying an $850 fine or spending 35 days in jail after being found guilty of driving with a blood-alcohol count over 80 mg in the only case heard in Exeter court last Tuesday. Mark B. Wood of London entered a not guilty plea to the charge which resulted after an in- cident August 22. An officer testified that _at 10:50._p.m. in Hay_ Township on Highway 84 near Zurich. the officer saw a vehicle slopped gat an odd angle on the road with the motor running. , Three persons were found to be in the ditch looking -for something. Jibe -officer askediite J, i.e.lopuWHhe-earoff of-the-raadwayvand- thc driver obliged. The officer noticed alcohol on the driver's breath and a beer bottle;Was also found on the floor. Wood testified and explained he and three friends were.at the Zu- rich Bean Festival and wereleaving on Highway 84 when one friend opened a window and bad, his cap blow out. Wood stopped and the three friends got out and went into the ditch to look for the hat. Ten minutes later the police arrived. Wood told the court he had asked a friend to drive when,ihey stopped for the cap because he had been drinking. Judge R.O.E. Hunter also gave Wood a 12 -month license suspen- sion. • native and Daphne Jackson of Arva and Bert Pullen of Grand Bendare executive members. The _board_ was _completed _with the election of directors Jud Bum - stead, Maud Connon, Roger Cul-' ben, Elia Douglas. Robert Elsden, Rick Jackson. Peter McCallum. Bill Shouldice, Ruth- Stubbs, Pat Ven - ton. and Bruce Woodley. Tom Knealc stepped down as 1992 president and will aervc as 1993's past- resident "1992 was a year of good news and bad news," said Kneale. 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