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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-13, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, January 13, 1693 j St. Marys woman honoured ST. MARYS - Si Marys resi- dent, 18 -year-old Missy Little has been named an Ontario Jun- ior Citizen of the Yearfor 1992. She was one of 12 individuals and one group selected from from more than 140 nominations submitted to the Ontario Com- munity Newspaper Associations from member newspapers across the province. According to the Journal Ar- gus, Little was chosen by a pan- el of judges 'for the courage and fortitude she displays in living with diastrophic dwarfism, which has confined her to a wheelchair. In a recent press re- lease, judges stated that Little has never let her handicap dis- tract her from goals which in- clude a career in graphic arts. Little and her family will be guests of Bell Canada, a co- sponsor since 1992, and the OCNA at an awards ceremony at the Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel on April 12. Resou rce centre for business CLINTON - The Huron County Small Business Re- source Centre opened up "for business" last week to provide support and guidance to new businesses starting in the county. Located in the basement of the Clinton Library, the Centre is operated by Community Devel- opment Co-ordinator, Paul Nich- ol. It is a joint undertaking of the Huron Community Develop- ment Committees and the Town of Clinton, in co-operation with .the Ontario Ministry'of Industry, ,Trade and Technology. According to the Clinton News -Record, facilities at the Centre include a walk-in re- source library of business litera- ture and advisory materials, in- formation on planning, marketing, the rules and regula- tions of new business and gov- emment assistance programs. Free counselling is also availa- ble to help a business get off the ground. Court dates set for arson MITCHELL - Mitchell Dis- trict High School students re- turned to classes last Monday, more than three weeks after a fire ravaged through the build- ing causing as estimated $500,000 damage. Ironically, the first day of classes marked Chris Elliou's „tglpearance in Ontario Court, provincial division, in Stratford. Elliott, 19, was charged with ar- son in connection with the De- cember 11 blaze at MDHS. A young offender was also charged and will appear in court later this month. According to the Mitchell Ad- vocate, the -entire cast wing of the school is shut down and the addition of four portable class - rooms is necessary to accommo- date French, math, science and business courses until clean-up is completed. Former mayor dies CLINTON - John Balfour, for- mer Mayor of the Town of Clin- ton, died in Sarnia on Monday. January 4. after a lengthy illness. He was 49. Born in Toronto in October 5, 1943, he was the son of Eliza- beth Blackwell. Mr. Balfour _rved as mayor of the town from December 1985 until his resignation in October 1988. He and his wife Sandra were both merchants in the Town in Clin- ton and he was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Clinton Branch 140. • Exeter firefighters Danny Smith (left) and Jim Jarrett with the new trailer the department has built for emergencies. Firefighters build special trailer, Larry Smith, captain with the Exeter and Area Fire Department recently received the fire services long service medal from the Ontario office of the Fire Marshall. The medal was in recogni- tion of Smith's 25 years with the fire department. for disaster preparedness Ministry pressure By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXh1ER - You may soon see a special new trailer built for the Ex- eter and Area Fire Department. Actually, you might want to hope not to see it because it has been made to be of aid to emergency dis- aster situations. . The need for the trailer arose out of a mock disaster held at Usbome Central school two summers ago, in which firefighters and other emergency services had to contend with the injuries resulting from a school bus crash. Jim Jarrett, cred- ited with coming up with the inspi- ration for. the trailer, realized that extra supplies of back boards, crib- bing for stabilizing crashed vehi- cles, wood for building platforms, and additional medical supplies were be needed in such a disaster - more than can be carried in the fie emergency vehicle alone, and far more than found in an ambulance. Jarrett, a platoon chief and extri- cation instructor, said he knows of only one other trailer being used by a fire department in Canada, and that is used for water utscues in Calgary. This trailer was built in fiiefight- er Peter Hrudka's garage, welded by Jim MacGregor and has been worked on by just about all of the 25 volunteer firefighters. "It was a group effort," said Jar - rets. "Three of us built the main frame, but everyone's had a tum at it." With still a few medical supplies to complete its stores, it will have cost less than $2,500 to put into ser- vice. "We're offering it to anyone who needs it, police, ambulance, any emergency service," said Jarrett, adding that it can be hitched up to the chiefs car and delivered any- where in the region or county where it might be needed. "It's inevitable that something's going to happen in this area some- time and we should be prepared for it," said Jarrett. Continued from front page While the ministry continues to pressure the board to resign (an un- confirmed source says one board member was offered a political ap- pointment in exchange for stepping down) Stephens said the board will take the matter as far as a hearing if necessary. "We would like to avoid it, of course. I think a hearing is a no win situation for everyone [chief and board]," said Stephens. "We had reasons for attempting to let the chief go...we found out the method we used was wrong, but the reasons were still there," said Stephens, adding that with hind- sight, the board would have been more aware of the Police Act. The third member of the police services board, Sharon Wurm, who stepped down as the board's chair- man in mid -summer, could not be reached for comment. At present, the board and the law- yers for both parties are unaware of any timetable the ministry might have for settling the dispute. Ste- phens would only say he hoped progress would be made soon. Even though no officers will dis- cuss it, it is well known that work- ing conditions at the Exeter Police Station have been strained for the past several months. Waste Management Master Plan -County banking on environment ministry funding -Bye TAMgt OO11ERIt H - Huron County Council are banking that the Minis- try of the Environment will come . ap'with 50 percent of the funding for the .next step of their Waste Management Plan. While Stage 2B of the plan will not be presented to council until next month, the means on how to pay for Stage 2C is already in the works. The county is hoping the MOE will pay for about half of the esti- mated cost of Stage 2C which is $269,368 plus GST. A clause has been built into Stage 2C which says the contract with the consultants can be cancelled if the county does not receive the MOE funding. Hay Township's Lionel Wilder said the county should first worry about approving Stage 2B before Cost eif town council drops to $58,599, most spending down EXETER - The cost_of having a town council declined somewhat in the past year, dropping to 558,599.37, more than four thou- sand dollars less than council cost the town in 1991. A statement of. remuneration re- leased at the last council meeting revealed that the monies collected by town council members were re- duced overall. As the accompany- ing chart will show, only one coun- cil member received slightly more in 1992 than in 1991, councillor Dave Urlin who still remains coun- cil's lowest spender. Once .again, the top spender was Ontario Small Urban Municipali- reeve Bill Mickle, who in addition to sitting on county council once a month, also receives compensation for attending committee meetings of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario as a vice-president. Mickle was also chairman of the Statement of remuneration and expenses for 1992 as set out in Section 247, Municipal Act Council members Drummond, Robert Fuller, Lossy Hoogenboom, Ben Humphreys, Tom Mickle, Bill Shaw, Bruce Sillery, Ervin Spears, Robert Urlin, Dave Total stipend Conf. Meals/ Reg. Travel/ Lodging 590.00 $431.95 590.00 580.00 $2,270.65 5908.39 51,146.10 580.00 54,049.00 $4,049.00 $4,049.00 54,049.00 $4,049.00 57,906.00 54,049.00 $4,049.00 54,049.00 $40,298.00 per diem Mutual Life 535.00 51,615.31 5350.00 51,501.26 51,501.26 594.80 51,890.00 $1,501.26 $420.00 5113.51 5280.00 $757.36 51,615.31 5113.51 $2,975.00 $8,813.58 $349.80 $331.25 5734.65 $1,415.70 $5,097.09 1992 1991 Total Total 55,789.31 56,682.01 57,015.61 55,64026 55,41522 $4,223.80 510,042.16 511,115.85 59,347.90 58,913.56 56,967.11 57,129.17 $5,744.31 54,162.51 $4.160.76 $58,599.31 $62,874.11 Statement of remuneration and expenses for 1992 Police Services Board Members Shaw, Bruce Stephens, John Wurm, Sharon Total as set out M Section 247, Municipal Act stipend Conf. Reg. 51,000.00 51,000.00 51,000.00 $3,000.00 5251.45 $278.20 $529.65 Meals/ Travel/ Lodging 5372.57 $442.16 $814.73 Total 51,000.00 $1,624.02 $1,720.36 $4,344.38 Lucan council sets example LUCAN - "Practice what you preach" is the philosophy being used by Lucan village council for the secondconsecutive year. On the strong urging of deputy reeve Harry Wraith, all council members agreed to take a five per- cent decrease in 'their salaries for 1993. They did the same thing a year ago. . Wraith said, "In this time of a dif- ficult economic situation, we tell everyone we are trying to keep any tax increases to a bare minimum. We should show others we are seri- ous and willing to start atille top in keeping things in line." i Notice to Exeter Pybiic Utiiitle� Commission Water Consumers The Exeter Public Utilities Commission has decided to absorb increases in the cost of its operation for 1993 and has decided not to increase water rates. While the Commission would like to increase its re- serve fund to provide for an additional water supply, it is of the opinion that at present, due to the econ- omy, that this must be delayed in order to retain the existing water and sewage rates. Exeter Public Utilities Commission H.L. Davis Manager ties -Wail last spring. 'those meet- ing costs amounted to $424820 of the $10,042:16 total Mickle re- ceived in remuneration. I Three councillors, Tom Hum- phreys, Bob Spears, and Robert Drummond are new to council and had no 1991 remuneration for com- parison. Council also released the remu- neration totals for the new police services board, sworn in last Janu- ary. The total cost of the board was 54,344.38 for the three members' stipends, conference registrations, and travel expenses. being concerned with the next phase of the plan. He also ques- tioned just how much more the en- tire plan is going to cost. "This is getting to be more ridicu- lous everyday," said Wilder. After Stage 2C comes Stage 3A which is estimated .to cost 5149,000 .aad .Stage 3B will be about $60,500. Huron County's Waste Manage- ment Master Plan's main focus is to have one landfill site which the en- tire county will be able to use. However, there has been a couple of snags. There is still no site in which to locate the landfill and the plan re- cently saw the resignation of its co- ordinator. But Thursday, it was an- nounced Craig Metzger was ap- pointed as the interim co-ordinator. "We are somewhat behind with trying to find a site," admitted County Engineer Dennis Merrell. All the perspective sites in which the county had selected earlier, were all rejected so they are still searching. "If we don't follow the rules they've (MOE) written, we're better off doing nothing." said Merrell. A HURON COUNTY DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE will be appointed in the next few weeks COSIMITTEE MEMBERS will be appointed by the Minister. Interested persons should apply to the Chair. Paul Carroll by telephone or Fax at (519) 527-1860 or by letter to P.O. Box 938, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO, stating personal background and interest BEFORE January 27, 1993. (Persons previously nominated by local agencies and Councils will be considered and need not re -apply.) INFORMATION SESSIONS and round table meetings to explain the Steering Committee process and matters related to health planning can be arranged on request ,Lo the Chair. PUBLIC INPUT is invited. Comments, letters or formal submissions can be telephoned, faxed or mailed to the attention of the Chair. PUBLIC HEARINGS will be scheduled to receive briefs from agencies, groups and municipalities in regional meetings throughout the County during the Spring. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please call. leave .message, fax or write Paul Carroll. Chair. at (519) 527-1860 or P.O. Boz 938. Seaforth, Ontario, NOH 1WO.