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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-04-21, Page 1GrMMser'I(�ll�flc fiWegitWeittS IPSP's C, GIC's srg ?Writs, 14p1420 "The Stanley Steamer was off to a rocky start as Mike Hayter, Jared Boughen, Chris Dixon, and John McBeath tried to stay afloat. Eventually McBeath and Boughen had to bail out as their homemade boat began to take on water. But Hayter and Dixon made it to the finish. .See page two for related story. 1Jsborne cutsilkilkaliben One. ifffnts to ricuft4tr-al 411111WS •300 Societies EXETER - Dacidingiehat aititey aren't in the business of spending tax . dollars:onadonuations, JJabeerte Township council has elected not to give annual grants to several lo- cal organizations. At their April 6 meeting, town- ship council held a seconded vote on whether or etot;tirey-eranid be pew gantsaoathe:Hmcn?tisatnty -Federation of Agricu1u e,ahe.JYrtet- er Agricultural Society. And :to Rte .chicon Agricultural Society. he 3-2 vote meant the township would not be awarding the grants. ;Reeve -fat Down, who voted against cutting off The grants. said she had to support her council's,de- cision. "Council's position is that they're not in the business to be collecting money to snake donations," she said. However. Down did note council recently _approved a grant to the Farm Safety Organization, but said the circumstances around that grant were slightly different. OPP investigate crimes at Exeter dealerships Agaft EXETER - The,third annual Sick _Skinner Skinner said total funds raised Kids Walicstbon in imam has prov- *en theevantevrill` stair in Celli leg time feature -.in town.for sometime to -come. Organizer Audrey Skinner :said . that 292 people officially registered for Sunday's walk, and that likely 300 or more were out doing their part to raise funds for the Children's Hospital of Western On ario. won't be known for several weeks,. Aiiar,+�ai people -..an expect to°aotae ;tttheir donations and pledg- aetlReroted on the Children's Net - Telethon in June. "It really went well," said Skin- aaer. "To get thee'sme number of tapsuple out every -y r, obviously 'ite-lii_ers rimed ,1he:�cst waiiorthon in 1991 in memory of _lieiritt ant daughter Stephanie who tat+ri verlceaapiaf►tfat she thddren's Hospital This year's event got a financial boost right at the starting line with the presentation of two donations. The Exeter Lions Club presented a cheque for 52.000 to the Walka- thon, and the Crediton they Jays also donstetentather $226.25. _ Scia 374% By Catherine O'Brien T -A Staff CLINTON - After months of number crunching, . the Huron County Board of Education was able to pass its 1993 budget on Monday everting without cutting any education programs and with a mill rate increase estimated at 3.74 percent. This means the average taxpayer will be charged just under $20 ex - Ara. Paul Carroll, superintendent of ,business and operations explained �1hat this figure is based on a house ;.assessment. of $60.000, which is the ,veroge in Huron county. When budget talks began earlier . in the year, the board was looking 1st a mill rate increase of 6.5 percent ,,hand in an attempt to cut costs the ;elimination of the family studies „arhtl design technology program ..was considered a possibility. But cost cutting was done in oth- er areas instead. Speaking on behalf of the educe- EXE'IEK - lite Exeter OPP are .:bun committee, trustee Norman re- investigating two crines at busi- nesses just south of Exeter. .educe their portirt of tie budget by Last Tuesday morning, a break-in ,ear other $143.0(10. at Becker Farm Equipment resulted This works out to about a 10 per - .in the theft of a variety of tools, in - alluding screwdriver sets and socket Apts. A cash box taken from tbd remises was later found on High way 4 south of Exeter. The thievel also wok four cases of Pepsi pop cans. Across the road, on both 'Thur day and Friday nights, damage w done to a vehicle on the lot Miles Ford. Police say sin auemp was made to steal the wheels from a 1993 Mustang car. If you have any information about these crimes, police are ask- ing to be contacted as the OPP sta- tion, or by calling Crime Stoppers arwnyawusly at 1-1100.265-1777. cent reduction in dollars supplied to elementary and secondary school students for supplies and services per pupil, per school. • "The schools felt they could live with these reductions," he said, pro- vided schools that were frugal in their spending last year were not penalized. By this. any school that has been able to keep its spending under the cost ceiling may keep the reserve funds. The executive committee, said Graeme Craig, was able to reduce its expenditures by 5145.304. Re- serve gratuities for elementary teachers was reduced from 531, 365 to zero and from 5133, 939 at the secondary level to zero as well. Gratuities are monies set aside for retiring teachers who haven't lysed all their sick time. It's a son of payback, Carroll explained, and .vas act in place by the Ontario gov- ernment. "The usual practice of our board was to put an extra five percent in the bank like a rainy day reserve," he said. This was a safety mecha- nism in case enure teachers tlituk n- ticiliated retired in a year. This year that extra reserve will not be put aside, but in no way af- fects teachers expected to retire this year. Reporting for the management committee, Allan Caner told the board, 589,923 was trimmed from its budget. This was possible by bumping minor projects such as carpeting and replacing lighting systems. Scheduled improvements to buildings will sell go ahead. The; personnel committee, Rox- anne Brown reported, was able to trim $166,091 front its budget. Cuts were made to salaries and ben- efits of elementary and secondary school teachers as well as teacher assistants. These cuts, Brown said, were made possible by changes the Onta- rio government made to benefit packages. But not all trustees were pleased with the resulting budget. Tntsree John Jewitt said although Jhe increase to taxpayers will only .be About 520, it's just another tax Ihat,pagple reallysan't afford. By Fred Groves T -A staff CENTR-ALTA - A popular restaurant just south of Exeter was destroyed by fire late Monday night and the estimated damage at the time of the 'i,laze was about $150,000. At approximately 10 p.m. the Lucan-Biddulph Fire Department was dis- patched to Heywood's Restaurant. Roth Stephen Township's department in Huron Park and the Exeter Fire Department are closer but official boun- daries meant it was within Lucan's protection area. Within an hour the fire department had the fire under control even though a strong west wind whipped the flames up high into the rainy night -sky. The fire could be seen from several kilometers away. "It (the wind) was fanning it pretty good when we got here," said Lucan 1Fire Chief John Riddell at the scent. "They told us before we left the hall it was through the roof." The restaurant which is owned by two businessmen from London, has 'teen a haven for truckers, construction workers on the go and travellers - .adown Highway 4 for many years. A couple of hours after the fire broke out, Riddell and his department al- ,eee,ady speculated what the cause of the blaze was. Continued on page two Ottawa visit a taste of Canadian culture for South Huron students By Erin Lobb T -A Staff EXETER - "Amazing is the tally word to describe it" These are the feeling of three local high school who recently had the opportunity to experience Canadian life in the full- est. Ian Jaan:'Kirri Passmore. and Lor- na Willer of South Huron District Jli ee pl ticipanis in the Eitootmtsrs with Canada pro- gram, held at the Terry Fox centre in Ottawa. The program is dedicat- ed to The development of the spirit of understanding and brotherhood amongst canadians of all back- grounds. Armed with pamphlets and pins `:(from Exeter the students had one week to exchange, not only these, =but fun and friendship, with,ap- vroximately 100 other students :from across Canada. Each week paras based on a particular theme :that ranged from Journalism to Arts toed Culture, Science and Technolo- gy, and the Canadian Experience. Passmore and Miller took part in - The Arts and Culture program, -while Jean was involved in the Ca - median Experience program. Some of the highlights of the trips were the Museum? of Civilization's IMAX Theatre, the Winnipeg Bal- let Company's performance of Ro- meo and Juliet, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. feond it ehafleeging to work with ?students with a differ- edrmasitertongue, said Miller "My improvisation partner was french so we really had to work together to overcome the language barriers." Despite .these differences there seemed to --he no prejudice or ten- sion amongst the group. The students would like to extend their appreciation to the Exeter branch Legion, the Knights of Co- lumbus, the Kinsmen and Optimists for their support in assisting the fi- nancing of the trip. Kim Passmore perhaps summed up the trip best, "When I left I felt Very privileged to be Canadian." Ninth .annual Lions Trout Derby May 1 EXETER - The Lions Club say there we more than 1,000 fish up for grabs in this year's Lions Trout Derby at Morrison Dant on May This years marks the ninth annual fishing derby in which local an glers, young and old, will,aoi only be able to compete for the 1,000 trout recently stocked in the reservoir, but also for many prizes do- nated to the Lions Club. Awards will be banded out for the largest fish caught, to the youngest 'fisherman of the day, and for several other categories. The club says the derby, co-sponsored by the Lions and the Ause- ble Bayfield Conservation Foundation, is aimed at giving children a good introduction to sport fishing. as well as providing a day of fam- ily activity in a natural setting. The competition is limited to fish that are in seasurt on the day of the derby. and anglers sire welcome to bring along their non - motorized boats for use on the reservoir. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and prizes will be handed out at 2 p.m. Registration fees for those 15 and under are $1. and $2 for those 16 and older. The Lions Club also plans to have their mobile kitchen on the site to provielehoteishigs, soft drinks and snacks for participants all day. Sl% MiS tile. t1l'1rit:ri Upturns' horllt dill t.'.duGr-1 ZPftu r tried A Canada 125 . Exeter man .gets Confederation medal page 2 Slice of Huron Agricultural - (education _page 8 Monte Carlo Raising funds fori?urich -gena pge 10 Irish Eliminated lby Mitchell Second front "The Stanley Steamer was off to a rocky start as Mike Hayter, Jared Boughen, Chris Dixon, and John McBeath tried to stay afloat. Eventually McBeath and Boughen had to bail out as their homemade boat began to take on water. But Hayter and Dixon made it to the finish. .See page two for related story. 1Jsborne cutsilkilkaliben One. ifffnts to ricuft4tr-al 411111WS •300 Societies EXETER - Dacidingiehat aititey aren't in the business of spending tax . dollars:onadonuations, JJabeerte Township council has elected not to give annual grants to several lo- cal organizations. At their April 6 meeting, town- ship council held a seconded vote on whether or etot;tirey-eranid be pew gantsaoathe:Hmcn?tisatnty -Federation of Agricu1u e,ahe.JYrtet- er Agricultural Society. And :to Rte .chicon Agricultural Society. he 3-2 vote meant the township would not be awarding the grants. ;Reeve -fat Down, who voted against cutting off The grants. said she had to support her council's,de- cision. "Council's position is that they're not in the business to be collecting money to snake donations," she said. However. Down did note council recently _approved a grant to the Farm Safety Organization, but said the circumstances around that grant were slightly different. OPP investigate crimes at Exeter dealerships Agaft EXETER - The,third annual Sick _Skinner Skinner said total funds raised Kids Walicstbon in imam has prov- *en theevantevrill` stair in Celli leg time feature -.in town.for sometime to -come. Organizer Audrey Skinner :said . that 292 people officially registered for Sunday's walk, and that likely 300 or more were out doing their part to raise funds for the Children's Hospital of Western On ario. won't be known for several weeks,. Aiiar,+�ai people -..an expect to°aotae ;tttheir donations and pledg- aetlReroted on the Children's Net - Telethon in June. "It really went well," said Skin- aaer. "To get thee'sme number of tapsuple out every -y r, obviously 'ite-lii_ers rimed ,1he:�cst waiiorthon in 1991 in memory of _lieiritt ant daughter Stephanie who tat+ri verlceaapiaf►tfat she thddren's Hospital This year's event got a financial boost right at the starting line with the presentation of two donations. The Exeter Lions Club presented a cheque for 52.000 to the Walka- thon, and the Crediton they Jays also donstetentather $226.25. _ Scia 374% By Catherine O'Brien T -A Staff CLINTON - After months of number crunching, . the Huron County Board of Education was able to pass its 1993 budget on Monday everting without cutting any education programs and with a mill rate increase estimated at 3.74 percent. This means the average taxpayer will be charged just under $20 ex - Ara. Paul Carroll, superintendent of ,business and operations explained �1hat this figure is based on a house ;.assessment. of $60.000, which is the ,veroge in Huron county. When budget talks began earlier . in the year, the board was looking 1st a mill rate increase of 6.5 percent ,,hand in an attempt to cut costs the ;elimination of the family studies „arhtl design technology program ..was considered a possibility. But cost cutting was done in oth- er areas instead. Speaking on behalf of the educe- EXE'IEK - lite Exeter OPP are .:bun committee, trustee Norman re- investigating two crines at busi- nesses just south of Exeter. .educe their portirt of tie budget by Last Tuesday morning, a break-in ,ear other $143.0(10. at Becker Farm Equipment resulted This works out to about a 10 per - .in the theft of a variety of tools, in - alluding screwdriver sets and socket Apts. A cash box taken from tbd remises was later found on High way 4 south of Exeter. The thievel also wok four cases of Pepsi pop cans. Across the road, on both 'Thur day and Friday nights, damage w done to a vehicle on the lot Miles Ford. Police say sin auemp was made to steal the wheels from a 1993 Mustang car. If you have any information about these crimes, police are ask- ing to be contacted as the OPP sta- tion, or by calling Crime Stoppers arwnyawusly at 1-1100.265-1777. cent reduction in dollars supplied to elementary and secondary school students for supplies and services per pupil, per school. • "The schools felt they could live with these reductions," he said, pro- vided schools that were frugal in their spending last year were not penalized. By this. any school that has been able to keep its spending under the cost ceiling may keep the reserve funds. The executive committee, said Graeme Craig, was able to reduce its expenditures by 5145.304. Re- serve gratuities for elementary teachers was reduced from 531, 365 to zero and from 5133, 939 at the secondary level to zero as well. Gratuities are monies set aside for retiring teachers who haven't lysed all their sick time. It's a son of payback, Carroll explained, and .vas act in place by the Ontario gov- ernment. "The usual practice of our board was to put an extra five percent in the bank like a rainy day reserve," he said. This was a safety mecha- nism in case enure teachers tlituk n- ticiliated retired in a year. This year that extra reserve will not be put aside, but in no way af- fects teachers expected to retire this year. Reporting for the management committee, Allan Caner told the board, 589,923 was trimmed from its budget. This was possible by bumping minor projects such as carpeting and replacing lighting systems. Scheduled improvements to buildings will sell go ahead. The; personnel committee, Rox- anne Brown reported, was able to trim $166,091 front its budget. Cuts were made to salaries and ben- efits of elementary and secondary school teachers as well as teacher assistants. These cuts, Brown said, were made possible by changes the Onta- rio government made to benefit packages. But not all trustees were pleased with the resulting budget. Tntsree John Jewitt said although Jhe increase to taxpayers will only .be About 520, it's just another tax Ihat,pagple reallysan't afford. By Fred Groves T -A staff CENTR-ALTA - A popular restaurant just south of Exeter was destroyed by fire late Monday night and the estimated damage at the time of the 'i,laze was about $150,000. At approximately 10 p.m. the Lucan-Biddulph Fire Department was dis- patched to Heywood's Restaurant. Roth Stephen Township's department in Huron Park and the Exeter Fire Department are closer but official boun- daries meant it was within Lucan's protection area. Within an hour the fire department had the fire under control even though a strong west wind whipped the flames up high into the rainy night -sky. The fire could be seen from several kilometers away. "It (the wind) was fanning it pretty good when we got here," said Lucan 1Fire Chief John Riddell at the scent. "They told us before we left the hall it was through the roof." The restaurant which is owned by two businessmen from London, has 'teen a haven for truckers, construction workers on the go and travellers - .adown Highway 4 for many years. A couple of hours after the fire broke out, Riddell and his department al- ,eee,ady speculated what the cause of the blaze was. Continued on page two Ottawa visit a taste of Canadian culture for South Huron students By Erin Lobb T -A Staff EXETER - "Amazing is the tally word to describe it" These are the feeling of three local high school who recently had the opportunity to experience Canadian life in the full- est. Ian Jaan:'Kirri Passmore. and Lor- na Willer of South Huron District Jli ee pl ticipanis in the Eitootmtsrs with Canada pro- gram, held at the Terry Fox centre in Ottawa. The program is dedicat- ed to The development of the spirit of understanding and brotherhood amongst canadians of all back- grounds. Armed with pamphlets and pins `:(from Exeter the students had one week to exchange, not only these, =but fun and friendship, with,ap- vroximately 100 other students :from across Canada. Each week paras based on a particular theme :that ranged from Journalism to Arts toed Culture, Science and Technolo- gy, and the Canadian Experience. Passmore and Miller took part in - The Arts and Culture program, -while Jean was involved in the Ca - median Experience program. Some of the highlights of the trips were the Museum? of Civilization's IMAX Theatre, the Winnipeg Bal- let Company's performance of Ro- meo and Juliet, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. feond it ehafleeging to work with ?students with a differ- edrmasitertongue, said Miller "My improvisation partner was french so we really had to work together to overcome the language barriers." Despite .these differences there seemed to --he no prejudice or ten- sion amongst the group. The students would like to extend their appreciation to the Exeter branch Legion, the Knights of Co- lumbus, the Kinsmen and Optimists for their support in assisting the fi- nancing of the trip. Kim Passmore perhaps summed up the trip best, "When I left I felt Very privileged to be Canadian." Ninth .annual Lions Trout Derby May 1 EXETER - The Lions Club say there we more than 1,000 fish up for grabs in this year's Lions Trout Derby at Morrison Dant on May This years marks the ninth annual fishing derby in which local an glers, young and old, will,aoi only be able to compete for the 1,000 trout recently stocked in the reservoir, but also for many prizes do- nated to the Lions Club. Awards will be banded out for the largest fish caught, to the youngest 'fisherman of the day, and for several other categories. The club says the derby, co-sponsored by the Lions and the Ause- ble Bayfield Conservation Foundation, is aimed at giving children a good introduction to sport fishing. as well as providing a day of fam- ily activity in a natural setting. The competition is limited to fish that are in seasurt on the day of the derby. and anglers sire welcome to bring along their non - motorized boats for use on the reservoir. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and prizes will be handed out at 2 p.m. Registration fees for those 15 and under are $1. and $2 for those 16 and older. The Lions Club also plans to have their mobile kitchen on the site to provielehoteishigs, soft drinks and snacks for participants all day. Sl% MiS tile. t1l'1rit:ri Upturns' horllt dill t.'.duGr-1 ZPftu r tried A