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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-06, Page 1"tai Carnations .8ptlag Colours S05 bunch COMM fi Carry de Collar `f l©WMQS AlSW Post Office revitalized page 5 First New Year's baby HENSALL - The first baby of the New Year born to a Times Advo- cate subscriber came into the world Monday afternoon at 5:06 p.m. A baby girl was bom to Sharon and Brent Dawson of RR2 Hensall at St. Joseph's Hospital in London. The couple qualify for she prizes and gifts sponsored by Times Advo- cate advertisers for the New Year's baby contest. No charge for debugging, mayor tells council EXETER - Councillor Dave Ur - lin asked mayor Bruce Shaw, who also sits on the police services board; whether the town would be paying any cost for the recent de - begging of the police station. • Is .thsrecauch a hitFgMat Avoukd come into the town for such a think' asked Urlin during council's open comments session. 'The committee definitely did not . authorize it," explained Shaw, add- ing that no bill or voucher has been received by the board from the OPP team which conducted the Decem- ber 2 search of the station for elec- tronic surveillance. "If there is a charge the commit- tee would have to authorize it," he said. Utlin asked if the cost of such a service could have been paid for out of petty cash. "There certainly has been no pub- lic money spent," insisted Shaw, who added that he was unsure the de -bugging had actually taken place until confirmed by the press. The police' board has not had the chance to discuss the matter at a meeting. "If there is a bill that comes be- fore the board, 1 expect there will be a lengthy discussion, but I ex- pect there will be no charge," said Shaw. The mayor told council any out of the ordinary expenses would *Me to be approved by, the pollee booed. "This would definitely be out of the ordinary?" asked Urlin. "Definitely. That's an understate- ment," said Shaw. Police chief Jack Harkness has aot'rnade any statement as to why 3e ,requested the OPP's help in •iastching the station and cruisers iSoittlittlosing devices or whether any ______ teen were found in the De- ailiher2issseMh Technical Support Ser- viosttdsall ,inquiries about their invdtdjagaiiorlshgeld be referred to the chief. Man charged after assault in +IErtsall EXETER - The new year was barely rung in when police wart called to Hensel! shortly ,aeat•eatd- ;nt on hoary 1 to invalids* a rsepertedaaagat. ;, oltltisti laid e- , try into ,mate and female ffltlircy Lefebvre, 24. Township enter, m' . assault. _L. __ter istmidcchvvclto be demolished .By Fred Groves T -A staff CLANDEBOYE - Over 120 years of history is coming to an end. Sometime this week, St. Peters Church on Highway 4, north of Exeter will begin to be demolished. SIM Demolition of Exeter will first take down the wooden structure which was begun by the Franciscan Friars and their parishioners and then the actual stone church itself is scheduled to come down. The church was built in 1871 and has been vacant since the friars were asked to leave by John Sherlock, Bishop of the London diocese. The adjacent cemetery has headstones which date back to 1860. "It's on property that is not needed. It's no use to the :diocese," said Jim Austin ofthe London diocese. In March, 1992, Bishop Sherlock said, at the time, the diocese had no plans for the church and admitted that it was an eye sore. The friars moved into St. Pe- ter's in 1987 and stayed three years before a disagree- ment between themselves and the bishop meant they had to go. "We have no particular plans for it," said Bishop Sherlock in March. "We'll either find away to use it or we'll tear it down. The cemetery will stay in tact. The • land will never be sold." Obviously she diocese could not find a use for St. Peter's so; it will he torn down. With the help of parishioners, the friars renovated the church, restoted•lhe sanctuary and were in the pro- cess of completing a' two-storey addition which was to be their living quarters. On Monday, while heavy equipment waited for. the weather to co-operate so workers could do their job, the wind whistled through the gaping holes in the building which ,would have housed the friars upon completion. One of the parishioners, Ralph Devlaeminck, who lives on Highway 4 near the church said the stained glass windows slid the bell have long since been re- moved. He heard about the church being demolished a couple of months.ttp, and said all the legal problems between the diocese and the parishioners who donated money and their time; have been cleared up. "I'm glad it's over but there was a mistake on the bishop's part," said Devlaeminck who had a grandchild baptized by the friars. When first asked about the church back in March, Devlaeminck said he did not know why Bishop Sher- lock accepted the'ftiars into the London diocese in the first place and after all the community assistance, he wondered why they were asked to leave. Please tum to page 3 Restaurants give view restrictions mixed reviews S.0 bylaw ay take a *NM to get used to By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - Although the bylaw came into effect New Year's Day, don't expect to find your favourite restaurant two1hirds.woke freefor a few*ya.yet. Aloe ["sereeY "stall hileet while most have plans for dividing their tables into smoking and non-smoking arras, few have done so and are waiting for official signage to arrive. Town building superintendent Dave Moyer con- firmed that while stickers and signs will be availa- ble in the next few days, they haven't been printed yet. In fact, town council only Monday evening gave their endorsement of a plan to provide the signage free of charge to the restaurants, although they not- ed some municipalities do require the restaurants to provide their own. Total cost of all the signs is ex- pected to be about 5300. Moyer said, depending on the restaurant, both wall signs and "tent style" table signs will be used to mark the non-smoking areas. The Huron County Health Unit is also pre- paring a brochure on the smoking restriction bylaw, which is the first of its kind in the county. Moyer • described the bylaw as a wading un- der a "co-opuative =libasis, liar under flee 'rabreat of fines or prose- cution. "Nobody is going to be slapping pe les wrists over Ibis," said Moyer, although Ire said he hoped the Health Unit might lake qver themMiatjos of chat* An fie sifibkingaalats .as .Sert of . theirs Witte food The tendent al : ' ' i the s in the bylaw that required int pd waN�l pn of smoking areas have been dropped sus ee a is -PO provision for them in the Briding tada,hed no moans of data - mining their effectiveness. Othessyise. Moyer said he expects the town's gm - en oreolgating establishments to have fsnaJizedaad pagodas* non-smokiagnreas by the middle of the month. The new bylaw has been received by the restau- rant operators with mixed errtotiuns. Ron Pitt. at (God Times said he expected no patgiliou at all with setting aside two-thirds of itis as smoke-free .acrd called the bylaw aatlM �f "a. "common courtesy".. Piu said he is realogyalse,sables at $heiaskof the Testament near the :pool .table as his >Mlskiwg section, and notes that is where the vaelfikajan is best. "No, it doesn't matter to rete one way or the other," � _said Pitt. Staff at Donut Detitc pointed to the three tables at the front of tbeir coffee shop as being the figure no- tmoioing suction, but conceded they had thought the bylaw required ionly oniethird as smoke-free, not two-thirds. Lucy Sauk said the rettrioalions were bound to for mets, the majority of ies3f,utw ..� 'Even the-suudsnts giro Moate in at lunchtime smoke. I can't believe it. I don't know where they get the money," said Sedlak, who said that even with the majority of the stats set aside for non- the.small size of the strop won't reduce the enflhOsltmmch. "iililitgisicatos at the 3AAA Restaurant said ;teat while he has had a ao=san king section for the past three years, he is now.faced with the problem of how to expand it to meet the bylaw. He says he plans to divide both the dining room and the coffee shop areas into#moking and non-smoking areas, in order to meet th needs of his patrons. "I think it's going to be tough," said Fragiskatos. "But I'm going to do it. I don't have any objec- tions." fie said he does get .id6lj --it requests for .A awe and.a ggissatte at -a favourite 'win- dow tmdow seat may become a thing of the OW. .rnon smoking tables, many through reserva- tions, and the demand is growing. Me has also met p.m from London, TOMO), and Sarnia tato - ogre shocked to fad Aare was no munitcipel ;by- law in place until sow. R+ usaging'the aw- ing AIMS will Male 461111.41011111810S for reg - Mier 411111161111flissed!1�0 a ayoiliMes Whit ,{Mragile �d'Nue �I "I a ;people don't t Sonet, but what's ;i is Pea- * MO gas t0 jet Mai b :.it," .he ;�tl4iag ;dot be s iw.Auppismot will Sit Ike iltdot?people. "In this business, .ycw'vogotol set tbody." Jaliuta,MeDaank oebili ebys Pub rad Eatery Mid of titreiabw'he vas "sptadippaased with it at all,nad tat 4 non-amokor." • division of wiU,t>n that the slatyrlrllr�e the bar 414111***ilwlatwe can do. Ifgagagaitas sue idNrp•Aimaaptjr4 r, ..,,�jaf. l4) 10 the bot A %t l ** she mid Miler have saoa,sob' disilhialisgasvied for aannionatlting to allow k% seine _stpta sbios. "Let's face it, we «e;a people get kinking, they smoke," staid, Although more and more have been ask- ing for a non-smoking soli i n die past year, McDonald said she expects toreceive many more complaints about the ;tycoon,* restric$ieas on We'releaktsopst41ciu.ubeoafd .,fes it's not qtr IBA - "She tit,4o X11," � natl. Over $.120.000 unpaid Tax arrears highest ever Taxes at limit, says reeve EXETER - Tax arrears in the town are at the highest level in iainaiiiikeratermaser Liz Bell. Bell told council that unpaid tax- es now amount to 5120,048, and 354,000 of that is from one proper- ty alone. Council were told that the arrears adds up to between five and ten percent of the town budget: Reeve Bill Mickle pointed out that while some of the arrears are Board of Education funds, •not the town's, the town still has to pay for the education levy. "It that the highest you've every seen it Liz?" inquired deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller. "Yes, it is," confirmed Bell, who said the largest unpaid amount was owed by the owners of the plaza at north end of town, and that council could consider reclaiming the un- paid taxes from the rents paid on the property. Other claims have beentaken to small claims court. "We're getting a bit of action from two or three of them," said Bell, adding that some properties have been unpaid for nearly three years and will conic up for sale lat- er in 1993. Middle called the high arrears an it Yliaa ofihusgeweral astanca ►ie condition. "I have-not seen the delinquency in [payment] time like we have now," said Mickle. "I'm going to link it with our responsibilities as a council, it is not an easy time for us to push ahead...it means budgeting, a real philosophy of how we're go- ing to collect taxes and spend it." "I don't believe unless we have growth in this town we can tax any more out of it...we have hit the lim- it," Mickle continued. Councillor Robert Drummond agreed but pointed out the public are demanding more services from their municipalities. Mickle said such demands must be handled in a manner so that peo- ple understand delays in achieving new projects and programs. "I believe we are put here to man- age the money we have in the best way we can...not to demand more and more and more money," said Mickle. "That's means sometimes we have to say 'no' to the public, 'we cannot afford what you want'." Arena evacuated, sick players sent to local hospitals HURON PARK - A fault in the ice -cleaning machine is apparently the reason why thefiaphen Town- ship Arena was emagpated Wednes- day afternoon. qh- f several people wens .of being ill and 43 pee -wee ,hockey players *tore treated at ,tbe South Huron DisSrict ilosipital in Exeter and the �AMtish borpital. Rsptesarttstives from Union Gas astdrlMpts.Ftrels Safety Branch of dee Military of Consisner and Com- mercial Relations investigated and found high levels of carbon mon- , oxide present in the arena. They determined the source of the cttrbsin maoxide to be the pro- pane .powered ice resurfacing ma- c.hiae (ogmbvni). Technicians from _tarter Propi.ko liave co'rectod $41 - till'. A continuous ele isariquali- ty Msirng tend on al.a.srmain will be in place idiaa r ung. Hospital officials oonftrmed that those treated suffered carbon mon- oxide inhalation. All eight teams involved in the tournament, were immediately contacted and advised that tbey.may.have been exposed to carbon monoxide. Township Administrator Larry Brown said it is suspected the high concentration of carbon monoxide was a result of a combination of factors including exhaust emis- sions, ventilation and frequent ice surfacing. Wednesday, immediately after the arena was evacuated, the Exeter OPP, Stephen Township Fire De - pertinent, ambulance services and Union Gas were on the scene. Thearena was closed at about 5 p.m. After several players rtfortod beadacbos, nausea and vomiting. Anyooe who was tat the tourna- ment and,taho felt. ill because of she the carbga monoxide is asked to call the Mirage County Health, Unit at 1.800-265.5184. • 4i 4