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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-25, Page 2l',i, t, 2 Times -Advocate, hate 25, 1997: IN THF NEWS Regional wrap up Quarry complex causes controversy ST. MARYS • .\ proposed multi-purpose facility• at the Quarry in. St. Marys is concerns among town r According to the Journal-:1i'gas. a c' up i, planning to -present ., Letter -of Protest .it the.. -June ._'4 council - meeting. Concern, include the location of the curling rink and the tact the rink will he huilt with taxpayer's money hut only 15(I curlers will use it. . Aesthetic: is another, concern •of people who say the .area is a place of natural heautyand Should not' he disrupted with .i• "very large: not -attractive build- tn�. . Gre(4: Thompson. ;t 'proponent of the project. said Nome of the mrs.:ndcrstandin_ may 'have come from calling • this • facility "multi-purpose'' • It . is multi- purpose in that It will. house the eurtin_ facilities. in .winter and quarry facilities in the sumtiter a\ well a, providing additional space kir recreation — In-line hockey. badminton and ping pontc =- in the sumnicr' ' • An open, -house Was' held op- Thursday to inform citizens of plans for the complex. , Clinton Public ' Hospital services threatened CLINLT-OU�—Ahange hospital n-the— hospital restructuring plan—for Huron and Perth ounties could prise a threat lo emergency and obstetrical services at- Clinton Public Hospital -according to the Clinton ',;Jews—Record:, , Janice Cosgrove..' the -.hospi- tal's on-site administrator told Clinton Council the hospital hoard is concerned about the content and profess in.the latest restructuring report. - Contrary to the origmal.repori which all eight hospitals agreed upon. it has now been Stated sur- gery requiring. general anesthe- sia will he done at four sites' which does not.inelude Clinton. Physicians are concerned they will not he able to provide prop- er care to emergency and obstet- rical patients Without surgical hack -up.• • The District Health' Council Nay; the dratt is only a "ti ot- •print" and it can he revised Mitchell honors Howie Morenz MITCHELL • -. On June ' Mitchell honored their nonie- town hero Howie Mow,' it a dedication ceremony and ban- quet. reports the Mltche'1 Advo- cate. Morent horn in Mitchell m 1902. starred mainly with .he Montreal Canadieas of the Na- tional Hockey League. The town of Mitchell. nient- Council ; receives petition By Heather Mir T•A Reporter' (iRAND.13END - The public gal- lery was filled last Monday night during Grand . Bend ,Council's Planning Committee meeting with residents concerned over a pro- pi)sed zoning bylaw amendment. The amendment involves a.recently acquired village.properly at the cor- ner of River Road and Alberta Street that the county planner has advised he changed to a modified open space zoning. Members of the committee re - ...el veil a petition signed .by 125 area residents who asked that the re- zoning he. to open space or OS4 rather than a -modified version. Becatlse the area is a.natural hahitat for a wide variety of wildlife, peto- ple are .concerned the interpretation of a modified zoning could he too hroad: :Hier viewing an initial concept drawing, presented by Rob Walicki of the county planning de- partment. many were upset • the plans included far too much space li)r parking of boats and trailer`. "How much green space would he left'" asked a member of the 4. gallery. Residents who signed the petition also stated for the few people Who • Aggressive Driving Campaign results NORTH 1..1\IBT(1N - .The - North •Lamhtmn Ontari Pr9vincial 'Police -Detachrnent has compiled the result.; of its Aggressive Dov- . the Campaitm held from June 9. to ss • 1 .& rc(. )need i 202 vehicles were stoppequrine the campaign result- ing in ti people tieing charged .with impaired driving or operating a motor vehicle with over 80 milli - grains of ;alcohol in• 100 milliliters of blood. , Three people have had their drier•bcent:c suspended: for .12 hours, two were charged with scat helt c iplationi. three have heen charged with suspended or ;ted striving. ' 91) people were charged.: with speeding- ditences:, two 'people were charged with uor in -a nuitor vehicle and • nine pcople.were charged with ,various other. Highway • Traffic. .fit vioja- bons. ' North.'Lamhton police have: in- vestigated 21 motor vehicle colli- sion, and 16 • traffic 1/4':omplatnts over the past -two -weeks and urge the motoring puhlic to drive re- . sponsibly and tai he - friendly ti'riv- ers. , Michigan man injured visit Grand Bend with trailers and boats, additional parking is in- frequently required and these short -terns visitors Contribute little to the meal economy. . "We don't need to have addi- iional parking.or facilities• for, these people." said 1.es Barr. Members sof council explained to -the public the drawings provided at the meeting are only a preliminary step and residents will be consulted before any decisions are made. As well. prior 10 development, the vil- lage must undertake an environ- mental impact study. , "That is not in 'the cards at .111.- . said .iaypr Cam Ivey of - the sug- gestion the present ecology would he destroyed if the .land is de- veloped. "I want to make sure that is crystal 'clear. . That has never been a'consideration:" • It has been suggested the land he used as an open green space with. trails to make some areas more ac- cessible.' ..\ group from 'the Uni- versity of Western Ontario •is also interested in revitalizing the old riv- er hcd. The planning department concept drawing also included a ga- zeho that could he' used year- round. • .malt washroom facilities. picnic areas and trailer parking, it was suggested the gazebo could he used' to house heritage information about the area and the natural ecol- ogy. Planner Dave Pcislil'f explained his reason behind recomineding t modified 0S4 zoning. that would c,'teate a zone called 0S5.:was to clarify and restrict the definition not broaden it. The current word- ing contradicts itself concerning what is permitted. Under the pro- posed new zoning, the permitted uses would include: a public park. passive recreation, uses permitted in'all zones by section. 5.14 of this bylaw. uses. huildings and' struc- tures accessory to. the permitted uses. • . Councillor Bob Mann made a recommendation to council that the land he rezoned 0S5.. noting it would he subject to site plan and public input. The recommendation was carried. A second rec- ommendation by Councilli)r Barb Whceldon was that the space he sealed off. to prevent parking ex-' ' ceps on the. road .allowance and the top soil he levelled and d grass plant- ed. Before. The vacant building on 406 Main Street used to house the municipal office and council chambers which is now located at the Olde Town Hall. After. The town_ and the Exeter Business Association pur- chased the property with plans to turn,' it into a functional' green space and parkette. - • Reform left up to municipal councils Councillors consider various scenarios at strategic planning meeting (JODERICH -.Municipal reform, is up MI6 - . ;al ntutpctpalities Nays county councillors. , 1f there is tit he.a next step. in: reforming Mu- nicipal covcrnrnents in Huron County. it will he up to Municipal councils. T• hat was the conclusion from 'a county :o ,uncif strategic _planning meeting held in Goderich Thursday .night: While -councillor, considered various • scenarios ranging from' one government for all of Huron to six. or seven municipalities (from- the current 26 C there. was little appetite ;for change tithe. They agreed to send out .in- - formation to municipal coun- cillors about what had peen,di5-. .sussed -at -the meeting and ask theist if they' wanted a meeting of all councillors in the county • to take discussions further. Councillors- agt'eed they saw —tits d_uimt�ve aheadgdickly particular) en the lack of information available from the provincial government about what the cost will he of downloaded services like policing. • "We're at an impasse until the government gets off butt and puts the cards of the table_" said Bill•.Micklc. reeve of Exeter. v"'lt' hecq'; more information in September. 'maybe then .ve Can meet (with representatives .of other councils)." said Bill Weber. reeve of ' .Stephen Tonvnship. • . There was controversy about the. county holding the'eeting since it had 'earlier rejected a county -lead ..proal tmation and pfomised- to include municipal councillors.: • Among the councils upset with the county's meeting was the . Town off Goderich which •passed a motion at its June 16 • meeting asking for no action by the county until it met With oth- er-ico}tncils. Several Goderich • councillors attended the. meet- i'ng as observers, .one indicating the town might call cor a provincial commissioner if y civ the-bounty--appeared-to-he-going-ahead A commissioner has already been Called for in the North Lamhton area by Gordon \Mini• - "We're at an impasse until the government gets off butt and puts the' cards of the, table." no pressing ells of the Town of Forest:Ina letter to Mini- elly ,circulated. at the meeting). Municipal ,Af- fairs Minister,At Leach wrote he -saw any re- structuring of the area. . "would necessarily include• at a minimum, half. of Huron arid Lambkin Counties and quite possibly parts of Middlesex County as'well.— Leach said , he ,wouldn't appoint a commission until into 1998. - • That possibility lent some urgency for mu-• nicipalities in the souther part V(if the eosins where discussions have already taken. place among a number of municipalities regarding possibleamalgamations. But. one reeve said it was hard to get some munictpalitics.to get to- gether. while other aren't." .. Why would six municipalities accept .only one representative on county council'.'" he wondered. ' Mason Bailey, reeve of Blyth. stressed the importance of all municipalities developing a common accord- to. Jceep any one municipality from enlling zit a cr�ntmtssioner. . • "It's important we don'i try to impose our will on others." -he said. Photos help Lucan firefighters By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter . LL"C.AN - Every photo tells a sto- ry and in every story there 'is a les - stn tx) he learned. . •'S,imeda� that lesson may saye sumehody's lite." says Dave• God- dar,d. chairperson of the Lucan- Biddulph Fire Board. Although Goddard retired as a volunteer *- fighter 28 years ago he stilt tiros himself tuning into his emergency frequency scanner and following firelighters on service calls with a 35 mm or a video camera. It started 13 years ago when he happened to have :t still camera with him :ind took a snap -shot of firefighters 'bat - ding a house tire. - After the film was processed. he •was surprised to see the difference between the image in fii)nt•of him and how he remembered the event.- 't '`i'he.photo showed just how big that tirc really c} is. said 'Goddard. adding it also t'i(ered a clue as to where the tire °rigMaed. Since then. Goddard has com- bined his hobby with his interest in the tire department •s acuvttes. The •images he captures have hect vital part of the departmen ing. • "It let's us s whether w • NORTH LAMBTON - No charg- es have been laid as a result of a marine accident that- injured a 44- ycar-old man on June 23 • - Daniel Frampton.. of Alpena. • - Michigan. and a•friend were tubing on Lake Huron in .the area of Ip- 'perwasii Beach in the Town ,of Bo- sanquet. According to -North Lamhton Ontario Proyincctl Police. the.boat had ,.tithe tied to it and the victirn's arm was tangled to the rope as the operator .accelerated. - Frampion.was taken to hospital in, -Port Huron. Nlichigan where he . ,i, was treated for a broken arm and released. - Two charged with marl u.' fir John Riddell and Dave Goddard, chairperson of the Fire Board dis- .ddard on emergency service calls. Shooting with a • as captured helps firefighters assess their ools) and suddenly ` �) n't