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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1996-09-25, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Congratulations r than Collings 1996 11 hair aaw1 Ansbataador Serving Exeter 1!;!i ilea since _I.', • 011 Wednesday. September 25, 1996" 411 0 h (>7 o I Name: I Address City Pte. I Postal Code MGM 1 1 year $3S . 248 OST4 year SW-. 4.41 GST Cntini.aeaeetQ 1 year 8e3 . 4.41 GST4 year $119 . e.33 QST tzut:ewat► see.00 (.d. $(58.40 postage) I USE YOUR CREDIT CARD 00000000 1 OLICIOLLIUCI Card No. 1 Expiry Date --- —_----- 0 Visa ❑ Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed fletum to; TIMES ADVOCATE 424 Main St. Exeter, Ont. NOM ISA um ma - - - ear NMI e Inside Breath and body movement See page3 Exeter Fall Fair See pages 12 & 13 Martial arts A peek at local self defense See Second front Phone scams target elderly HURON COUNTY - Police warn that scams are still operating in Hu- ron County. • On September 17, the Crediton Postmaster saved an elderly couple from losing more than $1,600. The couple had been contacted by the Canadian Publishers of Quebec and were told they had won a prize. They were to send $1,605 in mon- ey orders to 5160 DeCaire Street, Suite 570, Montreal H3X 2H9 for a 'mystery prize.' This incident has been forwarded to Phonebusters in North Bay for follow up. Councli gives surpport for Grand Bend cottage raffle The raffle will raise money for to find a cure for Bethany McIntyre who suffers from a rare disease GRAND BEND - Council gave its support at last Monday's council meeting for the fundraising in- itiative of Bethany's Hope Committee. Money raised from the raffle will be directed to a research team in Pittsburg, USA to find a cure for Bethany McIntyre of London who suffers from Leukosdytrophy. The rare hereditary disease has left this three-year-old girl brain injured and dis- abled. The committee is "racing against the clock" to find a cure because most children who have this disease do not live much past the age of five or six. Thomas Bates attended the meeting to inform council of the group's intention to raffle off a cot- tage to be built in the Grand Bend area. Although no location has been officially determined, the committee is looking into building a log home in Huron Woods. Since it was founded eight months ago, the com- mittee has raised approximately $60.000. Already a boat and a car have been donated as raffle prizes. Council told Bates the raffle will not have any con- flict with local fundraisers because tickets are to be sold throughout Southwestern Ontario. "Yours stands out, it has to work and work quick- ly," said Councillor Phil Maguire. Permitted use Council approved the manufacture of signs to be recorded as "accessory to retail" at 77 Main St. The "note to the file" will legally permit a non- conforming use and anticipate broader, year-round uses for the business. "My future would be to move to Grand Bend," said business owner Bob Torrington. Property line Grand Bend will seek legal counsel before mak- ing a decision regarding the property line issue brought forward by owner Art Hodgins. According to information gathered by the village and Hodgins, the surveys completed on the land in Plan 2 and Plan 3 do not add up. " There isn't enough room for all the lots." said Ad- air Continued on page 2 SE/P'S valu-mart 4 & e, Exeter 235-(462 Oliver *r„� & Company Now o„ �Ilf sale (93C . G.S r ONE DOLLAR Tory downsizing expands Huron County riding TORONTO - The three area members of provincial parliament could be feeling the effects of Mike Harris' downsizing plan. In fact, the next big political fight they face could be against members of their own party. A report - announced Monday shows the Tory government plans. to create the provincial election map to copy the boundaries of the federal electoral ridings. "It was one of our election prom- ises. We are moving to 103 repre- sentatives so the provincial and the federal number will be the same," Helen Johns told the T -A Tuesday. "We are reducing some of the gov- emment waste." This proposal would put Tory MPP Helen Johns in a much larger riding of Huron -Bruce stretching from just north of Grand Bend to just below Owen Sound. In order to get re-elected Johns would have to battle fellow Tory Barb Fisher in Bruce. "We'll go through the nomina- tion process. It's an important rid- ing for me and I intend to represent it," she said. Similar situations exist for Lamb - ton which would now become Lambton-Middlesex forcing Tory Marcel Beaubien to run for his par- ty's nomination. The London -Middlesex riding will have its boundar'es re -drawn as well forcing Liberal Pat O'Brien to campaign in a totally new riding as well. A story in the London Free Press Tuesday suggested the government will introduce legislation this week to make the provincial electoral map line up with the new federal map. Ausable saved from oil spill Stephen firefighters intercept an oil spill before it reached'the Ausable River CREDITON - A fast response and some innovative thinking by the Stephen Township Fire De- partment prevented a major oil spill from running into the Ausable Riv- er over the weekend. 'Approximately 200 gallons of furnace oil leaked from a vacant commercial building owned by Da- vid Hallam located on the north east end of Crediton. Residents called the municipal office on Thursday to complain about a distinct odor which led of- ficials to the leak. However, the oil had already spilled into the Victoria Street municipal drain and was moving east toward the Ausable River. Stephen Township firefighters rushed to cut it off ,before it reached the river and set up a boom on Fri- day evening around 6 p.m. where the drain runs out into the Ausable near the property of Drew and Barb Robertson at 262 Victoria Street. "They got there in time to inter- cept it," said Larry Brown, Stephen Township Administrator, adding the firefighters recovered 90 per cent of the oil, preventing a major spill. Fire Chief Rob Pertschy said six to eight volunteer firefighters worked from Friday evening to Sunday trying to contain the oil which was evident by Saturday morning. They used an oil absorbent boom which floated on the water to block the oil once it exited the drain and then tried to pump it out, however, Pertschy said they were getting to much water and had to resort to us- ing 18 inch square absorbent sheets to collect the oil and wring it out by hand. The method was slow and cum- bersome until firefighter Brian Din- ney suggested they use an older model wringer washer he owned to wring out the absorbent sheets. "It worked so well we are actual- ly going to keep it in case we need it again," said Pertschy. Bruce Hawkins, a regional biol- ogist from the Mini,stry of the En- vironment in London said that 200 gallons is a significant amount of oil and it could have been dis- astrous to the aquatic, insects and shoreline vegetation if it had reached the river. Pertschy said they were only a few hours ahead of the spill and were lucky the rain that fell on Sun- day held off because the force of the rushing water coming from the dram would have pushed the oil past the boom. This is the first such incident Ste- phen firefighters have responded to and Pertschy has already chlalked it up as another unique learning ex- perience. Residents fed up with flooding Flooding has recurred since the Lucan subdivision was built in the 1970's By Brenda Burke T -A Reporter LUCAN - After being flooded three times in two weeks, Lucan residents want the village water sys- tem fixed. Heavy rainfall on Sept. 9, 11 and last weekend resulted in sewer backup and flooding into basements of at least a dozen residents along Elm Street and Harold Court. Some flood victims attended council's meeting last Tuesday night and strongly urged a resolution be found quickly. "I'm here now to make an emer- gency appeal to the council," said Gwen Kelly, who moved to Lucan in March, unaware a flooding prob- lem had existed in the neighbor- hood for approximately 18 years. "I cannot believe after these many years a solution to a very se- rious problem has yet to be rec- tified," she wrote in a letter to Reeve Rob Brady last week. "It ap- pears to me the Village of Lucan, not the residents of this particular location should be accountable for...the sewage size pipe that was...installed, knowing how many homes would be utilizing the sys- tem." "Council shares the concerns of sanitary sewer subscribers who reg- ularly experience basement flood- ing during heavy rainfall condi tions," states a 1987 policy aimed at solving the problem. "Further to this, council recognizes that costs are being experienced through the unnecessary treatment of pure wa- ter and the unnecessary demands on the limited capacity of our la- goon system." Rainwater that should be directed to storm sewers is being discharged through foundation drains and some residential sump pumps to sanitary sewers. Commissioned in December 1992, the Lucan Sewage Treatment Plant is sometimes re- quired to pump up to four times more water than is recommended. The village hired Craig Williams, a Fanshawe College architectural technology student, to inspect sew- er connections during the summer in an effort to help determine where excess storm water is entering the sanitary sewer system. The job of Williams, which is ex- pected to be completed mid- October, includes checking sump pumps, eavestroughs and lot grad- ings to determine storm water flow. Works Superintendent Doug Johnston claims an estimated 400 village homes are not equipped with sump pumps and'according to Williams' report to date, 34 are hooked to the sanitary system. Un- der the Ontario Building Code, new homes must be equipped with the pumps. "If everyone had a pump," John- Continued on page 2 Financia! advice you can count on! George Godbolt CLU, CFP 496 Main Street Exeter ON 235-1740 When ft comes to investment and tax strategies, retirement and estate planning, and more, we have the expertise and technology needed to help secure your financial future. 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