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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-11, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Painted Clay Bell Planters •9.99 Serving Exeter and area since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 New Release *AV Videos $1.99 Eter)day S UBSCRIBE! ' If you aren't subscribing to The 'Times -Advocate, you're missing out.' Use the coupon below and subscribe today' Name: ' Address City IProv. _ I Postal Code. SUBSCRIPTION RATgs: 1 1 year S35 . 2 45 GS r $63 . 4 41 GST ' OUTSIDE OUTARIo '1 year 1,63 . 4 41 GS -14 year $119.833 GST OUTSIDE CANADA S102 00 1 1 USE YOUR CREDIT CARD 1 00000000 OOOOOOC LJ Card No. 1 I Expiry Date • Visa 0 MasterCard ' 0 Cheque enclosed Retum to; TIMES ADVOCATE ■• 424 Main St. Exeter, Ont. NOM 1 S6 g int r• on MN J r• - OM Pilot in hospital after aircraft incident HURON. PARK -`Bruce Millar of Huron- Park is in Victoria Hospital in London with hack injuries fol- lowing an aircraft incident at the Centralia Airport last Wednesday night. Millar. an instructor at Delta Bra- vn.Aviation. and his student Gerard -Moss of Torcinto were in a training flight in Moss' MX II ultralight air- craftwhen the incident Occurred:. According to the Huron County - Ontario Provincial Police report, the ultralieht air.;raft suddenly.Iost .power after it took'off and crashed back onto the runway. The OPP'repon also :stated Moss -Complained of soreness at the base of his back but was not -taken to hospital. Ken Kennedy of Delta Bravo said although flying is not a risk-free ac- • tivity. this is not a normal occur, rence. . At is to the. credit of the aircraft - that it wasn't worse." said Kennedy• .As with all transportation'occur- rences. the Transport Safety Board •of Canada is investigating. The pur- pose of the independent board is not to assign blame but to determine . hat happened in order to prevent a recurrence. • Kennedy says Delta Bravo Avia- tion is open for business and the ul- tralight used for training is fully functional. Woman drowns in Grand Bend • GRAND BEND - North Lambton OPP have not yet released the name of a 5,1. -year-old woman'who drowned in her pool on June 3. Po- lice report the. investigation is still underway and have withheld details in an effort to be sensitive to fa. mi r. ly Members. Complete details will follow as soon as. investigators talk to the family. . • The victim was found by her hus band in her pool at approximately 9 Dashwood Ambulance Ser - .Ice w as called to the residence and the victim was taken to South Hu- ron Hospital in Exeter where at- tempts to rex ive her failed. Foul play is not suspected. Lucan man dies as a result of collision MIDDLESEX COUNTY - A Lu-, can man died as a result of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on May 31 on Highbury Avenue. north of London City limits. . Darren Mills, 33. of R.R. 2 Lucan died on June 6 at the South Street Campus of London Health Science Centre as a result of injuries sus- tained in the accident. London police report thecolli- sion is still under investigation and charges are pending. Students of the Year highlight successful formal The dance at midnight. Senior South Huron District. High School . students Gavin Poole and Stephanie Pearson take the traditional - dance after being named male and female Student of the Year at - - _the formal early Saturday morning. They -Were among the.10 students nominated•by their peers to receive the honor,:Griliates 'gathered prior to the grad at Sandra and Dennis Rowe' s home. Students left in limousines and horse- .. driven carriages. Mayor and Drummond vote against Town -PUC merger recommendation EXETER - At its Monday -night meeting, Exeter Council'; Committee of the Whole adopted a recommendation confirming the town`, position regarding a Public Utilities Commission = Tiiwn merger., • As a result of on-going internal restructuring, it•has been proposed that the PLC -he reconstituted to make it an appointed body The issue is listed on the•next PUC meeting agenda. -Councillor Wendy. Boyle and Deputy . Mayor - Dave Urlin will attend the June 12 meeting.. - in a draft restructuring order. council explained its position to the..PUC. and indicated it .intends to submit a two-part restructuring proposal to the Ministry_ of Municipal Affairs and Rousing that includes- PLC re- constitution and a boundary adjustment hetwee.n Hay Township andExet- er. - -Notably. two members of council including Mayor Ben Hoogenhoom and Councillor Robert Drummond opposed the recommendation. - In ether business. the committee indicated it has no objection regarding the Exeter Business. Association proposal. for the closure -of. John • Street East. between Main and .Andrew Streets. for a Chrtsnnas -in'Jttly sales promotion to he held filly IT -19. .A public hearing was held regarding a proposed zoning bylaw amend- ment on.' Loi 296., Plan 36, Huron Street -West. The zoning amendment was decnbed as. a minor adjustment that will. permit development on Hu- ron Street: The committee. had no objections and passed a motion rec, commending the matter he sent to the next .:ouncil meeting.. - County considers study of one -tier government By .John Greig • it/Wig/ram Advatice .Times GODERiCH -- Ciwr)ty council has called a ;trategtc planning day to discuss options for restructuring. .A motion for a one -tier system a; government- the :county level. to only he discussed was amended to .include other restructunng options. The meeting is a first in what will likely- be. a series .of meetings on' what shape Huron • County 'mud • nicipalities will lake in the future. , The first meeting will include- Lucan picks infrastructure projects; The village will make three applications in order to use its $78,268 allocation • By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter • • LLCAN - With the deadline for applications gess than two Weeks .away Lucan Council didn't have. much time to decide where it would spend its assessment from the recent infrastructure program. • At its June 3.meetmg. council members looked at eight potential pro- Jcct.s and decided to-spread•the money over three of thein by extending the. Kent Street sanitary sewer. purchasing cover clarifiers for. the Sewage Treatment Plant to solve.the algae growth.prohletri and paving the Elm Street Park parking area. All three projects total S?8.268 ,find -are within range of the village's al- loc;ttion. On •May 2. the province and the federal government reached an agree- ment to renew the Canadian -Ontario Infrastructure Works program de- signed to provide funds for the renewal of physical infrastructure and to generate employment for the .1997-98 fiscal year. - The 'S-159 million 'available from the program will he allocated to.trans- portation, water and sewers. From that total. $263 million will go towards .municipal -related programs.• : When the village received notification froin the Association of Mu- • • nicipalities.Ontario regarding the second • phase of the infrastructure pro= gram. Council estimated it will- only. receive a small portion hecause the province indicated allocations to municipalities. will he decided on a •per capita basis. • But, according to. administrator Ron Reymer. the village received 578,268. the third highest grant in the county behind Strathroy and .Lobo .Township. • Although the •village received more money for infrastructure projects than originally expected. it didn't have much timc_to decide where.it•s needed. The project allocation deadline is on June 13 leaving little time for pre- liminary work Or analysis. During the meeting Deputy Reeve Harry Wraith voiced his displeasure at the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the the short time frame they had to choose their infra- structure programs. Among the eight item shopping Mist, other projects included the exten- sion of the Foundation Drain Disconnection Program. Margaret Street Re- constru,:ion• Elizaheth Street Reconstruction: Storm Sewer Headers in. the Nicoline. • Klemtcldt Crescent arca and Beecti Street -Reconstruction near Duchess and Kent. • :According to Reymer the Elm Street Paving project is..t "grey" area and may • not he approved hecause the guidlines. and application forms state municipal..funds can only he used for the "renewal and repair of -trans- portation, water and ,ewer systems." He said all projects applied for must he accompanied by a written explanation as to how they meet the .:nierta set out by the federal and provincial governments. - ,'That's a brand new parking area that has never been paved before. We're not sure if it meets the criteria: It will depend On how we word. our. request. ''said Reymer._ - if it is.not accepted. council has a back-up project' and will ptit.the funds remaining toward the Foundation Dram Disconnection Program . The village -began • the program -last November designed to. separate •storm run-off water from the sanitary sewer system -by disconnecting foun- dation drains and installing sump pumps. . • - ' • In the late 1960's and early 1970's. Lucan councils had Ohtario Ministry of Environment approval to allow -developers to connect weeping ole into the sanitary sewer lines. which directed ram run-off water into the sanitary •sewer system. -. This practice has since•been phased out. Lucan:,.lagoon system handled - the mfiltration•without added cost hut with the opening o1 the new. sewage plant infiltration became an issue as ram water entering the sanitary sewer system through manholes. weeping tiles•and downspouts could affect the overall functrining of the system. A more immediate prohlein occurred last summer when a ram .storm fol-• lowed by three days of steady ram flooded basements. - The village has encouraged residents to install sump pumps on their properties or in their basements and has subsidized the project- by pro- viding home owners with a grant of up to S1.500. Between 350 and 400 homes have foundation drains hooked into the- sewer;system ani to date. the Public Works Department has disconnected 70 of them. ' "That program will be our fall -back position in case -.Elm street - is turned down." said Reymer. adding the money would help disconnect more drains. only-mambers'•of chunty council. hug no idecisirns will he made until future strategic planning days to - , which will he Invited all municipal . councils to the county'. - _ At .a strategic planning day held last fall. municipalities generally •.agre/ed the county should stay out of 'restructuring talks which, ate on- going. - • • . Coun. Bill Vanstone tit Colborne Township. acting chairman of the.. administration.- finance and .the.. administration. - said it. was de-• ctded that a study -showing -the ben- etits • ..and problems .of:. a_ .one -tier system would he useful, to 'those( who were looking at Other I. re- structuring options. r Cuun: Jack Gileman of Stanley, Township agreed and ;aid that his group'; study_ will likely .how neg- ligible savings from amalgamation • and fie would he interested. in-,ee- - in how -ankh a •,yne-tier govern- ment would save. The county committee'had'pro- posed that the councillors at the meeting only Discuss_ one • tiered • government. That drew -the concern 4i-- some councillors .including Bill -Clifford of Godench.. • • - - "i don't object' to looking at re- structuring. :iptions.• but we should look at all ,ptions on a comparative basis." he -said. - Coun'. Carol Mitchell wanted all- members.of local councils involved from the start of the process. hut others -argued until -terms of refer- ence and an agenda for the future rs set. - bringing in . all: councillors would he too umvieldy, .111 councils in the county had re- ceived a letter Froin .Exeter town council expressing concern that lo- cal municipalities could be lett Out of the process.-• -Exeter's representative on county council. Bill Mickle• was not at the council meeting. if all cciunctilors from all 26' mu- ntcipalittes in Huron County came to the meeting there would he more than 150 people attending. "1 dont know how. we will get a consensus out of 150 plus. when ce have enough trouble • with 261 0- Continued on page 2 What do Y think about YID/- new „rift. ,. im E - l i ■. .. "mei i • • .ill : il • - i4 iii. alma rA .... = &vets .a^ •Seitti — ' Carrie McCone, Clinton "Perfect. 1 think if you're going to drink and drive, it's your problem : if you get caught." Diana Riehl, Exeter "I think they're excel- -lent. We've got to put a stop to drink- ing and- • driving." Bill Kusturok, London •'I think they should bear down on them as hard as they can." • Matt Wood, • Hensall •'I think it's . alright. It will make people think more." . IAyou Jeremy Reid, Hensall "I think it should be --twice: After you do it once should learn." Kevin DeNeve, Exeter "If you're going to try to stop it that's • the only way it can be done. You have to scare . people." Red Nagle, Zurich "They can't be strict enough. Anything to keep acci- dents down is a good thing." Donna Clanvi{le, Huron Park. "It's a good idea. 1 think it's too lenient." - c