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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-06-16, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, June 16,1993 Regional wra Military land negotiations underway STONEY POINT - Negotia- tions were to begin last week. to reach a lasting solution to the Camp 1pperwash situation. The Stoney Point First Nations group, which has -occupied Camp 1pperwash since May 6, says it is the only groupable to represent its views at the nego- tiating table. They were a separate band be - ,fore their land was expropriated in 1942. Residents were moved to Ket- tle Point and elsewhere, it was Vomited in the Forest Standard. But Fred McGuire, director of economic and social policy for the Department of National.Da- fence, said negotiators .would not be -meeting .directly with Stoney Point-41e/Carl George and hisgroup. Chief George said any move to negotiate with the Kettle Point Council milli do little to re- solve the.issue. M. Mao's :corse lin inancial Trouble b►le ' ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Golf and Curling Club is in fi- nancial trouble. That news came after Chris Christensen resigned last Mon- -.day afternoon as manager. 'fie was starapgitisthird semi - mer with the club, it was report- ed intoe Journal Argus. larri'.'Webb Thompson, presi- dent -of she board of directors, saidetbe resignation was a mutu- al decision. Ruritours have been circulat- ing about the club's financial woes and Thompson said she wanted to set the record straight. "The thing that we're most vul- nerable to is green fees. "The weather and the greens have caused us the most trou- ble," she said. Green fees were down $25.000 last summer. Government cutbacks hit Brussels :council ,BRUSSELS - Village council will try and absorb the cost of provincial government cutbacks and new taxes, it was reported last week in the North Huron Citizen. "We'll have to cutback on spending or end up with a defi- cit," acting Clerk -Treasurer Lori Pipe told councillors last Mon- day night. Provincial cutbacks mean the village will get 54,052 less in unconditional grants than ex- pected when the village budget was Set. Teen Centre temporarily on hold MITCHELL - A local teenag- er's plan to open a teen drop-in centre was abruptly put on hold last week, it was reported in the Mitchell Advocate. Organizer Rick Hutchinson said the centre was set to open last weekend. It was agreed the centre could be temporarily located in a va- cant plaza store. But the store was just rented. Hutchinson hopes to find an- other location but realizes find- ing vacant space will be diffi- cult. Lucan pool renovations to finish in fall LUCAN - Councillors Reg Craw- ford and Rob Brady reported that the 'swimming pool renovations were well underway and that the fi- nal phase would be completed in the fall when the pool closes. Works superintendent Doug Johnston .said the Duchess street sanitary -seater .was completed and the water main was in and under chlorination. The balance of the storm sewer should be completed by the end of this week and cal- cium by June 20. Johnston also reported that the supplementary mad grant from the province had been slashed from the $27,000 applied for to $20,000. For village purposes, the first round of unconditional grant cuts has affected Lucan to the tone of $8,499." This is the village's portion of the $110 miltion first round cuts :across the province. Second round _tuts are expected to save the prov- . -ince another $280 million. Further cuts in the proposed So- .:cial Contract have not been an- - (ounced, but the worst scenario for Lucas would be an overall decrease in unconditional grants of 540,000. Deputy reeve Harry Wraith and Frank Goring have built flower planter boxes ito 'be placed at the - --two en -to the village on Highway 4. \, The recent village audit report re- vealed that the net inane,fotlLu- :cane Hydro for the year 1992 -was ;553:880. -The figure for 1991 was $65;886. Canada Mortgage and 'Housing Corporation is in the process:ofi+en-• mating 119 street.in:prepra- tion for restarting its Native and .'Blas! mousing Program. `idle -?resident of Lucan, Ireland • .wilLbe in this area from August 15 :to 30 and reeve Tom McLaughlin told councillors he was open for any suggestions .to recognize the visitor. :1.'!2•••=7 •.r1 Sit, Usbome Central students took thelrltan at carrying-lte.h last -Tuesday during the Exeter OPP annual torch run for the mentally*andicapped. The-enient wised slightly over $2,300. The torch was relayed all the way from2urich to Exeter. Noisey{aw under consideration Zurich restricts Main St. parking ZURICH - Village council ap- proved a new bylaw Thursday eve- ning to improve visibility at Zu- rich's main intersection. Works manager Dennis Ruler attended a meeting of .the abatti, sidewalks and drains:committee on 'May 13 and asked-about.the possi- bility of banning allbut cars from irking close to the intersection. ":The committee agreed with Regi - remind had a bylaw drafted, which Tim t,m rte .s ca trophy f ��r Hensall Zurich move Hob Fitbler was presented Thursday eve- ning with this tie as Hensall's joke on Zurich for being beaten in the fitness challenge two weeks ago. Not the most attractive neckwear in town, the tie must be worn by Fisher in public for one week, complete with its "I Love Hensel!" button. was passed by council Thursday. Vehicles larger than cars will not be allowed to park on Main St. within 30 metres cast of Goshen St. and 45 metres west of the intersec- tion. The committee also agreed signs should be purchased to mark the new restrictions, so long as they don't cost more than 5400. Village council are also consider- ing the passage of a noise restric- tion bylaw for Zurich after a dele- gation of five people requested council make some provision for taking action against noisy neigh- bours. One of the main complaints was that without a bylaw, little or no ac- tion could be taken against owners of barking dogs. The council members took home a copy of Exeter's noise bylaw for study to sec how similar regula- tions might be incorporated into one for the village. Clerk Maureen Simmons said the main difficulty Zurich may have with a noise bylaw is enforcing it. Without a municipal police force or a bylaw enforcement officer, such regulations arc hard to carry out. "It's easy passing one, it's another thing enforcing it," said Simmons. Lucan amends zoning bylaw LUCAN - Thanks to the new Lake Huron water system, residents of Lucan may soon have the con- venience of laundromats and car washes. Last Tuesday night, council passed a general amendment to the village zoning bylaw in order to -al- low land, buildings or structures for the purpose of operating a laundro- mat or an automobile washing es- tablishment. Clerk Ron Reymer explained that laundrornats would be allowed in a C I zone which is basically the downtown business area. Car wash- es would be eligible for Highway Commercial zones on the outer fringes of the village. Keymer said.there has been sonic interest shown in etttab1irthing these two Services. .6 Plannirtg fees under review GODERICH - Seven municipali- ties in Huron County will continue ' to have their own consent functions but a steering committee has been set up to review this policy along with other planning services within the county. Recently, Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw made a presentation op be- half of seven municipalities who perform certain planning services but, in their opinion, were being charged too much •by the county's planning department. "Just because mayor Shaw comes in here and hollers, we shouldn't jump through hoops," said Bob Hallam of West Wawanosh Town- ship at last Thursday's council meeting. "This will cost the taxpayers of Huron County a lot of money," cautioned Hallam. The new steering committee will comprise of representatives from both delegated and non -delegated municipalities, warden Tom Tomes and certain county staff. Compostir up to SB percent in Lisbon* 8RA1t D'BEND - The Bluewater *cowling •Association's 1 t2ampost Cray" is -impressed -with the level 'of ?composting already being done :in=UthottteTo• reship. Thesnaw aplke with 156:muse-, -holds in the- tt waship as part of a' provincial.survey .to -determine the viability of waste>kction4gh household composting. However, the crew discovered that of :those surveyed, some 88 percent claimed they were already composting or- ganic waste through one form or another. The survey discovered of those Usbome homes practising compost- ing, very few were using manufac- tured backyard composting units. Most are placing their organic waste on operl.; p .sx, te. fields. '-"' Crime Stoppers GODERICH - Crime Stoppers of Huron County says a local area man received a call from what turned out to be a Toronto area pay phone saying he had won a new car and it would be traitered to his residence. The potential victim was told he would have to wire $480 by West- ern. Union to a Toronto address to cover shipping. In the interim he got a further call saying the car had fallen off the shipping transport and they would replace it with a Jeep Cherokee, if he sent a further $500 to cover additional shipping expenses. The caller purported to be calling for a company called Fantasy Pro- ductions and that they had just had their yearly draw. The company name and that of the bank account number can change on a daily ba- sis, says Crime Stoppers.• It would appear that. the money goes into an account t which can be accessed by a money machine for withdrawal purposes and within minutes of any money being seat, it is removed and the action be- comes untraceable. Crime Stoppers are warning people to beware of any telephone of- fers and insist on written follow up, as any legitimate company will be glad do this. Do not allow yourself to become excited by the prospect of immedi- ate delivery and sending money to cover the shipping. When written confirmation is received check on the company through your local police deparunent and better business bureau be- fore getting involved. No legally operated company should worry about your checking their background. 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