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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-11-10, Page 1elpg savings poUNctied for glimeiway sewer plant By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - Hensel', Exeter, and Stephen Township stand to save considerable amounts of public funds if a joint sewer project proves as attractive as a 'consulting engi- neer suggests. Representatives from the three municipalities met in Exeter last Wednesday to hear Steve Bums from B.M.` Ross outline a possibili- ty that might make sewer system upgrades for all three easier and less expensive. Burns pointed out that all three municipalities are making applica- tions to the Ministry of Environ- ment and Energy to examine their respective needs for sewer system expansions. "Since all three municipalities arc at the same phase in their stud- ies...perhaps some thought should be given to a joint sewage treat- ment .plant," said Burns. "This is the right time to discuss that." Bums said the logical location for a large treatment plant to serve Ex- eter, Hensall, and Huron Park would be at the site of the present Exeter sewage lagoon system. Bums said the only real concerns the municipalities might have for creating a 'joint facility arc the fi- nancial considerations. Environmentally, one treatment plant is always better than having ,three individual plants, because it "would involve only one discharge 'point into local water courses, he said. Exeter and Hensall are both look- ing at expanding their sewage sys- tems, and will require replacing their lagoons with mechanical treat- ment plants to meet tougher envi- ronmental guidelines. "Effluent discharge requirements will almost certainly drive the pro- ject," said Phil Bye, a representa- Continued on page two i T You IMO The .tray, 4 Name. se Address City +1 Prov. 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(For complete details see page 14.15.) in 'giving' mfgagjbasinassonemelian xCter Bucks _Exeter Thieves •get ._..r.,_....- ; little from Zurich break-in ZURICH - The Exeter detach- ment of the OPP are seeking a sus- pect's vehicle after a break-in at the Tenderspot Meat Market in Zurich. Police say a vehicle was seen leaving the scene of the break-in in the early hours of Friday morning. Stolen was a small quantity of cig- arettes, since the majority of the stock was locked away. Staff sergeant Don McInnes said such preventative measures to dis- courage theft are exactly what his detachment is,advocating to local Store owners. The OPP also report being very busy with a total of nine accidents on local roads. Most of these were attributed to Saturday's slippery road conditions, and the OPP arc cautioning'drivers to "slow down" when the weather nuns icy. No one was seriously injured in these accidents, but the OPP say the po- tential was certainly there. Police also investigated several collisions with vehicles and deer, but again there were no serious in- juries. Pearens found guilty of pension fraud SARNIA - 1n a Sarnia courtroom Friday evening, Cheryl Sue Pearen and Brian Pearen were found guilty of defrauding the federal govern- men' of pension funds. The RCMP laid charges las' No- ve the Grand Bend area c triter allegations that they hadiheen receiving pension funds after the death of Brian Pear - en's deceased mother. The couple still await sentencing .,ion the charges, expected in Janu- ,4Iy. Cheryl Sue Pearen, a former sec- ; r.,retary at South Huron District High 'School, also awai's_trial for a charge of embezzling over $150,000 from the accounts of the Grand -Bend United Church. t 'EXETER - The Exeter BIA is lit- erally giving money.away. Next week, Exeter Bucks will be going on sale in all seven financial institutions in .town. Local shop- pers will havesihe opportunity 10 buy the "bueke in:•packages of $50 or $100 (limit one per customer) for S45 and $90 respectively. The bucks can only:be spent at BIA member businesses, which are listed with the packages, and they expire by . December 31, meaning they are aimed directly at the Christmas shopper. Because they are used exactly the same.,as cash, on any and. all mer- chandise, BiA manager Karen Spring explains that the promotion amounts • to a 10 percent discount for shoppers. Some stores arc even considering offering an extra :dis= count on purchases made with.Ex- eter Bucks to "give a little Matra kick for using Bucks at their store", said Spring. Even.the town grocery stores will be accepting the Bucks, so it should be easy to spend any leftovers. There will be $50,000 worth -of the Exeter Bucks sold on Novem- ber 18, 19, and 20 next week, divid- ed.equally amongst the financial in- stitutions. The cost of the promotion to the BIA is therefore $5.000, which is about the same as the funds spent on advertising and prompting laseeettes coupon draw for Exeter Buck prizes. Unlike last year's event, which only a handful of people won, Spring .says anyone can buy $100 worth of the "money" for only $90. "We wanted to do something where everyone can benefit," said Spring. "We are giving away mon- ey„ - The program is naturally limited ,to the amount of Exeter Bucks the BIA can subsidize, 350,000 this year. "If this works then we're going to budget a lot more for this type of project next year," said Spring. On November 19 and 20 the BIA is also bringing in sleigh rides, which will tour shoppers from Hu- ron to Gidley Streets for 25¢. The 'town's Christmas lights will be up by then, and Spring said a little snow might be helpful to set the scene. For help wjlh .$1.6.6 million new building biI's Aid asks for ,000 Imam county GODERICH - The Children's Aid Society was pass- ing around the bat at County Council on Thursday. Some councillors said it was tan late fur the agency to come begging for county funds. The Children's Aid Society (CAS) have .rade a re- quest to the county government for 3200,000 to help with constructing the $1.66 million facility they arc building in Goderich. Several municipal representa- tives have said they view the CAS facility as an ex- travagant structure, and tie society's need for extra room could have been met by buying a vacant building and renovating it for considerably less cost. "The county pays 20 percent of tic operating cost of the CAS." pointed out councillor Leona Armstrong, who t;ug- gcsted that some contribution should be made. Other councillors disagreed, saying not only.baa,thc CAS cwnstructcct a dc - luxe, overbuilt facility, butRegl�to consult with the cs*wiy *Meg;k- ing on the project. All of a sudden they deii0e.to put;up a new building—the money s.`oold be going to the children not to the building." said councillor Bob Hal- lam from West Wawanosh. He pointed out the county is operating on strict bud- get restraints, and is trying to save $400,000 at lluron- view Wye. "If this {provincial] government wants to put up [an- cy buildings for their people then they should do it at their expense." said Hallam, and suggested the county should continue funding only the children's support program. Councillor ,Itruce Machan tram Wingham agreed with Armstrong however, and asked for support of the. CAS request in principle. Exales's Bi11 Mickle pointed out that even though tie Children's Aid is funded Aweigh an 80/20 split be- tween the province and county, the CAS did not seek county council's approval for the new building. "I sometimes wonder if were being dragged in with the ring in our nose," said Mickic, adding that even though he is confident in the work of tic agency he noted their reluctance .to consult with council. "We weren't t:onsulted.as proper fun- ders of the organization in the first place," said Mickle. Bill Clifford from Goderich said the county has already trade "pretty serious funding considerations". "This council made a motion there would bc no further grants." he said, ar- guing that cuntributieg to the CAS building fund might open the door to other needs, such as havthg 10 support- ing lagging hospitalgrants. John Doiway of Guderich -said Ile agreed the county.wasn't asked in the fust plate to take part in building project, mainly because of the prov- ince's 51.2 million grant, which was supposed ,to bc COS/ of building._ Since then 'there's alt these IMtleex- tra costs added". Docherty said because cost overruns arc no one's fault,_Uhe county .night consider helping out. Zurich's Bob Fisher asked for a motion tabling .the Annstrong/ Machan motion to support the funding re- quest in principle. fisher's motion was approved, -ef- fectively leaving ice. funding nattiest up to the county's exec uU v'e ccrhhmitte c . hiflhis ,goverpiopt wanlsik ut, pp fancyfhjjdings for their people 'then they should du it at their expense." Some Grand Bend des aYowea t o leaves GRANT) BEND - This week some residents in the Grand Bend Pinedale subdivision were given permission to bum their leaves. A new bylaw, passed Monday night by council, will allow a.por- tion. of the which is Mike newly annexed area of the village, now be o. Si itliiwte . Prior to the annexation, that part o the subdivision was in Bosan- quet Township where loaf burning is permiued. "1-iow long has Pinedale been burning, 25 years?" questioned councillor Ed Fluter. "Has Were ever been a fire? I sympathize with them in that regard." But while council agreed to a six month period in which the resi- lients could bum, the new bylaw' brought some concern from Mayor Tom Lawson. He said that what the new bylaw does is iiad a means to get rid of the leaves in that area for the residents, but it does not address an on- going problem. Lawson said he would like the village to look more carefully into such things as composting and said Monday's decision was a step backwards. This new bylaw is somewhat of a precedent in Grand Bend as it will only take in a portion of the village and not the entire communis ty. There will be some regulations the residences will have to follow including not being able to burn within 100 feet of any building. "When you look at the size of the lots down there compared to the rest of Grand Bend, maybe you should look at a separate bylaw," said councillor Phil Maguire. During the discussion he added that residences in Plan 24 were not allowed to bum even though they did ask council, but also noted the lots in that area are much smaller than those in Pinedale. The new bylaw will require burningsonly on residents' own prop- erties and Tues must be attended to at all times. "This is serious. We have to deal with it, but we have to look at Uie'future," said Maguire. &male student attacks Zero -violence policy sought by ;high school parents EXETER - Charges could be pending following an incident at South Huron District High School Friday in which a female grade nine student was dragged into a washroom and roughed up by six other teniale students. Five students were suspended for one week by principal sloe Wooden. but this -decision was met .wi#lh some resistance Monday 4p40t kw students took part in a proton against the suspensions. Wooden W1dAhc 'I' -A Monday af- ..temoon the protest ended quickly without incident. Barb Passnhorc, a concerned par- ent, told the T -A she is hoping oth- er parents can join tegeter to urge achool officials to.adopt a policy of ":zero violence". "Students who arc committing ,tae acts should be rehnoved.from school," said P.assmurc. The principal noted that .violence at SHDHS has escalated over the last couple of years. "School officials will be concen- trating on violence. An announce- ment is expected soon ;is to how .the school intends to deal with in- Freastng incidents." Sltdlents can only be suspended :by :Jowl echeol officials. Expul- ieas can only cone frau a doci- �ion by the Board of fltlucation. Wooden noted that most students .,are &here for the education and said of the problems are being ;C.pltsed by students who arc nut ;Rwaking any positive contribution to .the school. Not ell of the probluns are fausad by students either. Former Madams sometimes hang around 1 bool property and cause conflicts with students. Last week a couple of non -students reportedly assault- ed two students.