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aimailskie dumping on incras, furs Lme
EXETER - Foreign garbage is
ending up on township roadsides
and in ditches, despite claims that
Wail waste management policies
are causing little or no problems.
Osborne Township council ad-
dressed the issue of dumped gar-
bage on roadsides and in open
drains at their November 2 meet-
ing.
Reeve Pat -Down said the main
problem area appears to be the un-
habited stretch of Usbome Conces-
sion 4-5 southeast of Exeter. How-
ever, the reeve close inspections of
other roadsides usually reveals sev-
eral dumped tires, bundles of mis-
cellaneous garbage, and even gar-
den wastes.
"I'm just afraid it may get worse,"
said Down, referring to the increas-
ing restrictions on types of garbage
accepted at -local landfills, and the
fact that many municipalities are
introducing user pay garbage pro-
grams.
She said Usborne council con-
cluded long ago it was better to
have a community supported land-
fill than to have property owners
dump garbage in their woodlots,
but other municipalities are actually,
trying to discourage landfill use.
So where is the roadside dumping
coming from?
"I don't see why Usborne people
should dump when they can go to
their dump for free," said Down.
The reeve said she expects there
may be five percent of the popula-
tion who dispose of garbage im-
properly or illegally. She said she
doesn't want to see that percentage
increase.
Party to launch directory
CLINTON - The Huron Com-
munity Service Network is holding
:a special "Coming Out" event to
.celebrate the publication of their
'first Huron Information Directory.
On November 17 at 2 p.m., Don
Stephen from Exeter, will deliver
the newly printed directories to the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food Office, in Clinton where
a reception will be held to cele -
brace `the_ event.
The public are welcome to at-
tend along with service providers
and all members of the Huron
Community Service Network.
Members of the information com-
mittee will be on hand to answer
questions.
Funding for this project came
from the Ontario Ministry of Agri-
culture and Food, but the directory
was put together by the Network's
Information Committee.
"This directory is an example of
true collaboration between many
organizations to make something
good happen," Karen Lehnen,
Chairman of the Network.
Directories will be on sale and
persons who • have already ordered
a book may pick it up.
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This Saturday nearly 500 boxes of Girl Guide cookies .will be
sold in Exeter. Guides and Brownies will be going door to door
with the new mint chocolate cookies from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Cassandra Morrissey (left) and Nichole Fleming are two
Brownies who will be doing the rounds. Behind is Brownie
leader Brenda Morrissey.
County trimming costs
'Fast food' for
seniors' homes
good �n�ih?
GODERICH - Are Huron's sen-
iors getting the best in food? Or
are convenience foods being served
in the county's homes for the aged?
Councillor John Doherty of
Goderich raised that quectinn at
Huron County Council's Thursday
session. He said he has learned that
a lot of meals being served at Hu-
ronview and Huronlea are of the
"fast: food frozen variety".
Doherty said he presumed seniors
would prefer "home cooked" meals
prepared in the retirement homes'
kitchens.
Huronview administrator Wayne
Lester said that frozen vegetables
arc being purchased for the home,
along with some ready -prepared
meals "the same as some of us do
in our own homes," he said.
Lester said part of restructuring
the homes for cost effectiveness,
the review includes the possibility
of reducing food preparation time.
Lester said that Huronview and
}Huronlea do have elaborate ovens
}for cooking roasts, and other meals,
but he said there are ways to cut
time and cost.
He said Huronview buys potatoes
in 75 -pound bags, and has a ma-
. chine to peel them. But Lester said
:it still takes considerable time to
metre them, compared to if they r
purchased them read► to heat.
Grand Bend questions
street name changes
GRAND BEND - Although Lambton County's planning department are
insisting the portion of Highway 21 which runs through Grand Bend have
a name change, it is being met with some resistance.
In April, the county hopes to have a new 911 dispatch service up and
running which means name changes.
Highway 21 is also known commonly as Ontario Street but the village
has been told it will be changed to Lakeshore Road.
"Who said we had to change the name. Who is dictating this," Grand
Bend councillor Cam Ivey asked Monday night.
Councillor Phil . Maguire said several businesses along Ontario Street,
are upset with the name change as it will mean they have to change their
advertising, letter heads, etc.
"There's a lot of them upset and I can understand why," said Maguire.
Ivey said there is a petition which is being signed by those affected busi-
ness and it is on it's way to the village office.
"There is no reason it cant stay as Ontario Street," said Ivey.
Mayor Tom Lawton wanted to know if the village was being mandated
to make the change by the county's planning depwiment.
Monday night, it was decided that Administrator Paul Turnbull would
let the planning department.of Ihe.eunterns mA by _council and the busi-
ness community.
First week in town
goes well for OPP
EXETER - The, fust week on the
job for the OPP in Wow Went well
enough, despite a couple of head-
ache's.
"It's not going badly," said staff
sergeant Don McInnes at the Exeter
OPP detachment which took over
policing duties in town after last
week's muse ipal police disband-
ment.
frIciaaaasid there is an enor-
mous amount of data entry required
on the OPP's computer system to
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get the town's crime records updat
ed onto the system.
The OPP also inherited the police
ing duty of South Huron District
High School, and in the first week
had to dispatch officers to the
school. One involved an assault in-
cident, and the other the investiga-
gittu of a otpy111 fire mistakenly start
ed by a ardent.
"It will all work out, no doubt, in
time," said McInnes.
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