Times Advocate, 1993-08-18, Page 3IN THF NFWS
Times -Advocate, August 18,1993
BLANSHARb M11NICIPAL
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Bev Skinner, general manager
al touch of the independent
of the Blanshard Municipal Telephone System said the person -
system is attractive to many subscribers.
Zurich office
won't get
plaque
ZURICH - The Zurich municipal
building will not get a cornerstone -
style plaque after all.
Zurich resident Gertie Fleis-
chauer had expressed to council
several times her hope that the
building could have a plaque pro-
claiming it "Built 1975".
Fleischauer had even offered to
donate a routered wood sign for the
building. After discussing the is-
sue, however, council agreed that if
the building was to be so marked, it
should have a long-lasting metal
sign, requiring little or no mainte-
nance. Wood, they said, was not
appropriate.
Cost estimates revealed that -a
bronze plaque measuring 20x15
centimetres would run about $167,
and a larger one about 23x23 would
cost over $200.
"It's not necessary," said council-
lor Dwayne Laporte after reviewing
the cost estimates.
Other council members agreed
there was no money in the budget
to allow for such an expense this
year and shelved the project.
Trial program
started to
recycle tires
at Hay landfill
ZURICH - Concerns that old car
tires are littering local township
roads has led the Hay/Zurich waste,
board to start a tire recycling pro-
gram at the municipal landfill.
Zurich reeve Bob Fisher told the
waste board last month that the ban
on tires at landfills, including the
Hay/Zurich site has led to the indis-
criminate dumping of tires. He
said there was a need to accept tires
at the landfill, even if just as a col-
lection for recycling.
A trial period for a recycling col-
lection has been started at the land-
fill. It will cost $5 per car tire, and
$10, and $25 for truck and tractor
tires. The collected rubber will be
taken to Bluewater Recycling.
The program's success or failure
will be reviewed at the next board
meeting in November.
Apartment
builder given
extension on
site plan
ZURICH - A village builder has
been given another extension on
bringing an apartment development
up to specifications, but council is
adamant that this will be the last
time they will grant leeway.
The old Mennonite Church at 47
Goshen St. N. was converted into
an apartment building by Dick and
Barbara Rau. A site plan agree-
ment drafted three years ago speci-
fied that a privacy fence would be
on the propcny and a garbage re-
ceptacle would be installed.
Tenants garbage is being stored
in the former church manse beside
the building. A letter from Barbara
Rau asked for an extension on the
deadline, assured council the gar-
bage is being well -tended and not a
problem.
After much discussion, council
agreed to grant the Raus until July
1 to install the garbage receptacle,
but the privacy fence will have to
be completed by September 1.
Control over Huron shore
Municipalities to
meet for discussion
on Shoreline Plan
ZURICH - The seven lakeshore
municipalities in the Ausable Bay-
field Conservation Authority's ju-
risdiction, " from Goderich Town-
ship to Bosanquet Township, are
meeting tomorrow evening with the
ABCA to hash out more concems
with the Shoreline Management
Plan.
The plan, which sets out patterns
and restrictions on lakeshore devel-
opment to avoid flooding and ero-
sion problems, was not well re-
ceived last summer by cottagers
who felt it too restrictive.
A second draft has eased some of
those concerns, but municipalities
are now worried about how the
plan will be enforced. Should the
lakeshorc communities take over
the responsibility of the program,
or should it remain the jurisdiction
of the conservation authority?
As Alec Scott at the ABCA de-
scribes it, opinions on the issue
vary. Some municipalities want to
administer the regulations, others
would rather see them consistently
enforced by one agency.
Scott said the Lake Huron Preser-
vation Association, a group of cot-
tagers who organized last year to
fight the Shoreline Management
Plan, doesn't want the conservation
authority involved at all. ,
Scott said he hoped tomorrow's
meeting in Zurich, organized by
Hay Township, would find solu-
tions to those issues.
"It's hard to say how it'll come
out, but at least it's a step in the
right direction," said Scott, adding
he hoped such meetings will lead to
a final plan.
Zurich sewer repairs
making a difference
in system capacity
ZURICH - An August 1 deadline
for Zurich homeowners to fix leak-
ing sewer lines was met by every-
one involved, clerk -treasurer Mau-
reen Simmons told council last
Wednesday evening.
"They're all dont, believe it or
not," said Simmons.
Some 15 sanitary sewer lines
were found to have been faulty in
the northwest corner of town, al-
lowing ground water to seep into
the village's sewer system. Sim-
mons said they have all been re-
paired and it's already making a big
difference in the amount of water
getting into the system.
Heavy rainfalls often triggered
overflow alarms in the system, but
that problem is disappearing.
Simmons said another 70 lines
have still to be checked with came-
ra inspections in other pans of the
village. If more need repair, then
the overall improvement to the sys-
tem should be significant, she said.
The village is presently charging
150 percent of water rates to help
pay for the camera inspection work.
Once the work is completed sewer
rates can lower to more normal lev-
els.
Faulty sewer lines on private
property have to be repaired at the
owner's expense.
The elimination of groundwater
from the sanitary sewers should re-
store the system's full capacity,
making sure that sufficient capacity
exists for future development.
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Operating areas include Zurich,
Grand Bend, and Dashwood along
with surrounding rural areas.
"We have a good system here,"
Wilder said. "The employees live
in the area so it's friends doing the
servicing instead of strangers."
Tuckersmith Municipal
Telephone System
KIPPEN - In March 1909 a peti-
tion for telephone service in Tuck-
ersmith Township was presented. It
was run by the township until 1933.
According to information provid-
ed by the Tuckersmith system, sub-
scribers were found by a door-to-
door canvas to finance the system.
The majority of the subscribers,
199, lived in Tuckersmith Town-
ship with a number in Stanley, Hay,
Hullet, McKillop, Hibbert and Us -
borne Townships.
The service cost the subscribers
$11.87 a year,
The original system consisted of
multi-party lines, so privacy was a
problem. 1t was reported that line-
man Walley McBeath walked into
a home and found a telephone
hooked up to the speaker in the ra-
dio - making their neighbour's con-
versations an evening's entertain-
ment.
The Tuckersmith system expand-
ed in 1928 taking - over the Bay-
field System from Bell Canada.
Irt 1933, Tuckersmith Township
council was asked to place the—sys-
tem under the control of commis-
sioners. That request was granted.
Today the commissioners are
elected for three year terms by sub-
scribers and arc independent from
council.
Mel Graham became secretary -
treasurer in 1964 and has been
working at that position ever since.
Today they serve over 2,500 cus-
tomers, Graham said. Their area
includes rural areas of Hensall, Va-
nastra, Kippen, Lake Huron, Clin-
ton, Seaforth and the Village of
Bayfield.
"The system is owned by the sub-
scribers," Graham said. And the
employees arc still jack-of-all-
trades as in the past, he said.
This Saturday, Tuckersmith Tele-
phone System is celebrating a
grand opening of its new building
in Kippen. The public is invited to
the official ceremony at noon.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED NURSING HOME
LICENCE RENEWAL
AND
REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS
PROJECT 090-94
Pursuant to the Nursing Homes Act, notice is hereby given of the intent of the
Director, Residential Services Branch, to renew the licence of the following
nursing home:
Queensway Nursing Home
Hensall, Ontario
Submissions concerning the proposed licence renewal may be sent to
The Director, Residential Services Branch, Ontario Ministries of Health and
Community and Social Services, 15 Overlea, Blvd.. 5th Floor. Toronto,
Ontario, M4H 1A9, (416) 327-7357, by September 20, 1993.
Please mark the name of the nursing home and the project number on
submissions.
The Director will consider all submissions prior to approving the
proposed renewal.
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