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Times Advocate, 1993-01-27, Page 1Lome iateetitut Abad OwnIn 895Pot Cash and awry • COUNTRY !TOMS Exeter Inside School boards On ministry's chopping block? page 2 Disentanglement Province confirms deal over dollars page 3 Rail station Plans to preserve heritage page 9 Grade 9 looms Preparing kids for r, high school page 12 Fair board Society plans for 1993 page 12 All Stars Mohawks help in West's win Second front Hawks Moving up into fourth page 15 Nort'• Mulelles( Sundaes...on f I.eF•Itr (rV investigating Centralia, Credit(*) break-ins EXETER - The Exeter OPP. are reporting two break-ins that oc- curred Saturday night, one in Cen- tralia. the other in Crediton. Police say thieves broke into a home in Centralia some time on Saturday night and stole only a Sears Craftsman radial arm saw, mounted on a plywood table, paint- ed two-tone grey. The same night, the residence of John Williamson on Crediton's Vic- toria Street was broken into. How- ever, nothing was stolen, but police say the home was damaged during the crime. Anyone with information about these crimes can all the OPP at 235-1300, or Crime Stoppers at 1- 800-265-1777. Youths charged in elaborate car theft same 'EXETER - 'Iieelooli –ppung of- fenders have been charged by the Exeter Town Police as a result into an investigation into the theft of a car from inside South Huron Dis- trict High School last weekend. The car, a 1989 Ford Probe GT without license plates, was taken from inside the school's auto work- shop The car was recovered in Toron- to. say police, after it had stxpck a 1St.and suffered considerable Two Metro Toronto youths arc ,moo charged with theft of auto of - taws by the Toronto Police when a pickup truck stolen in Toronto was found abandoned in the Lucan OPP asa. License plates were left behindlater found stolen from the Exeter OPP area, and a second set of plates were stolen in Clanik- boye. These plates were found on the car stolen from the high school when it was recovered in Toronto. The youths are scheduled to face chomps of break, enter and theft -in Goderich Youth Coen. of Stephen Central's grade seven class swarmed around their prize for being top-fundraisers—a do-it-yourself sundae. CREDITON -- It was BYOS—bring your own spoon --at Stephen Central Ele=mentary School Fri- day afternoon as the grade seven students indulged in a sundae -fest. In December the school ran a fundraising cheese - drive.. Howard Lawrence's class boasted more cheese sales than any other class and were rewarded with the frosty treat. His class•raised $1,700 collec- tively with student Heath Palen contributing $700 to the funds. The overall winner of the school was grade six student, Erin Jennison, who sold $920 worth of cheese. She also participated in the ice cream party. Niall Straw, principal, entered the Lawrence's classroom shortly after recess with an armload of goodies necessary for the sundaes. Sliced bananas, chocolate and butterscotch syrup, jelly beans, pea- nuts and Smarties were among the toppings that stu- dents piled on the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream. According to Straw, the school sold $8,500 worth of cheese that reflected a profit of more than $2,000. He said that it was so successful that parents have re- quested a second cheese drive. Along with the sundae treat, Jennison and her mother will be Straw's guests for lunch this week at the restaurant of her choice. date set for. third annual walkathon EXETER - The date has been set for the third annual Sick Kids Wal- kathonin Exeter this spring. Organizer Audrey Skinner said that Sunday April 18 will mark this year's fundraiser for the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. The past two walkathons proved highly successful and raised money far be- yond original expectations. The Skinass received a second Director's Award from the Hospital Foundation in recognition of their fundraising efforts. • The walkathon funds have al- ready been used to purchase a life support ventilator for the London hospitals pediatric critical care unit, and an EEG monitor for the emer- gency unit. Both will have plaques on them stating how they were pur- chased and that they are in memory of Stephanie Skinner who died af- ter a liver transplant at the hospital. Pledge sheets will be available in March, and Audrey Skinner says that donations from organizations and companies will be gladly ac- cepted. Oke Woodsmith of Hensall has already donated, for the second year, a significant sum raised by the employees. fiC haeurence aasalso Grand Bend model? Exeter may bs next for $241 -bag gavbage collection EXETER - Are Exeter residents prepared to pay $2 to put a bag of gar- bage out at the curb? That question, among other waste management issues, will be presented at a public meeting on February 9 as the town introduces its proposals for a complete overhaul of the waste system. In addition to the introduction of user -pay garbage collection, the town is also planning to increase landfill tipping fees to make them comparable to other landfills in the region. The rates doubled on January 1, and this plan calls to double them again on July 1, with further increases slated for 1994. What is most likely to capture the attention of the general public, howev- er, is the plan to require a $2 tag on each bag of garbage set out at the curb for collection. Mayor Bruce Shaw said that residents need not view the $2 per bag pro- posal as an additional cost since the town plans to reduce property taxes by an amount equal to the current cost of garbage collection, about $116 a year. That way, said Shaw, a household can actually save money if it can find a way to cut back garbage to a bag a week or Less. The user -pay plan therefore offers incentives to make the most use of the blue box recycling, composting, and overall waste reduction. If this all sounds familiar that's because the Village of Grand Bend intro- duced a similar $2 a bag garbage collection program in October to help re- duce the amount of waste the municipality has to pay to ship to Watford after its own landfill closed. Proponents of the system say it is working well in Grand Bend, although it has yet to be tested on the village's summer population. Town administrator Rick Hundey said the average Exeter household puts out an average of under two bags of garbage a week. Waal amount can be reduced through increased recycling or composting, then the town will not only benefit environmentally, but also financially. The town will be able to cover its costs of garbage collection while stretching the life of its landfill site. "It's an unwise environmental move to close a landfill before it's full," said Hundey. The waste management proposal will also contain further plans to cut back industrial waste by introducing a user -pay cardboard recycling pro- gram for medium and small businesses, and the extension of blue box re- cycling to businesses. A curbside leaf collection service will also be offered. Council is assuring the public that not only will the financial benefits of the program be deleted from tax bills, but that the whole program is not to have any additional costs to town budgets. Even apartment dwellers who don't directly pay taxes are being considered for somcof rebate, said .Shaw. -If all goes xvell at the public meeting, the�►u na fora July 1 introduction. The town has applied for a summer seder the Envi- ronmental Youth Corps to help with its start. An information program is slated from 2-6 p.m. at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre on February 9, followed by the public meeting at 7 p.m. that evening. Thirty lose jobs as Huron Park plant closes out manufacturing wing HURON PARK - Thirty people at the Poulan Weed Eater -Canada plant in Huron Park have been told their jobs will be coming to an end on March 31. Last week, the employees who manufactured the weedeaters were told they would be losing their jobs while approximately 30 others would still be at the plant to work on the distribution side of the company. "A number of people received termination notice which takes effect on March 31," said Matt Berg, Human Resources Manager of Pottlan. He said the decision was made by Poulan's head office in West Virginia. The Huron Park plant has been open since 1979. $erg noted that employees were terminated a couple of years ago but they returned to their jobs. He said it's doubtful that will happen this time. "It doesn't look like it. We went through a similar procedure a couple of years ago, whether that happens sin, I don't know." { RANDyc9 N1> 0e resort coal t 't.. Y�X4' •eY v'? h+.: into ways to k s •,hiile thousands �p(f' sandy beaches of 'r • f f w , 9't ,:,council is trying to,find>waykto ke_ep1ie t!n their lfui,, �q" The village,1ias always ad:ihc blei..,Ar, ��p��}�ang��aaa d especially<ap 00t Main Met But,:;with the. 1p.ofjhcAu1e•Bayfield ' f , Ansherity0 fOttiPS Are ,*,haute 7f WO the poutity of.cr ling>a, :�i u• agement Progesn. Poing 4tnin ec ipn .Putg: Se Peat:Amstallyalust be gif . 0001 »c*1 C a a f .curt �►aetra; prion ed otlw,c los,; alb:sold:Mffitt Oat *Wbat we're Ytterip do, 40I4 {O'YSy��iP'�.`t9>4Yis'Yil.'AC�{ : S:6 ry k< ''';:i1500sd3ti ads a yam;. Z(*.5 • Village owes county, over .$5,000 GRAND BEND - Despite owing the . Lambton County Planning De- partment over $5,000, Grand Bend Council will not be raising its building permit rates. Monday night, it was announced in the annual report by the village's building report, that the amount paid to the municipality in building permits was $7,075.00 while the amount invoiced by the. county was 512,131.80. Council said the difference comes in several projects which have not yet been completed. Grand Bend Administrator Paul Turnbull said the permit fee rates in the village are perhaps the high- est in Lambton County. "We don't have a lot of latitude to move with our fees," said Turn- bull. The value of construction in Grand Bend in 1992 was S1,244,240.