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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-10-21, Page 22 Exeter Times -Advocate In the News Wednesday, October 21. 19ci.. Regional wrap up Uniondale Cheese. Factory closing UNIONDALE: - The Uniondale Cheese Factory which was operated for more than •a'century, will close at the .end of .October, reports the Journal Argus. There are currently 12 employees at the factory whcih makes primarily Italian -style mozzarella cheese, along with several specialty cheeses. Gay Lea Food Co-operative Ltd. has owned the 110 -year-old business since 1990. Gay Lea President and CEO Charles MacDaid told the Journal Argus the decision was one of ec- onomics with declining margins due to intense competition from large operations. MacDaid said it would be impossible to bring the Uniondale plant to a "profitable"situation" becuase their milk quota was not large enough and there was no room to expand. Gay Lea's cheese factory in Baden closed Sept. 13, putting 21 employees out of work. The Uniondale plant, on the hamlet's main street, will be put up for sale. Trustee shell-shocked COLBORNE TWP. - Approximately 100 parents' and concerned citizens told their. Avon Maitland trustee Vicki Culbert to .vote 'no' on Oct. 27 when the board votes on school closure. . Culbert visited Colborne Public School recently and looked shell-shocked following the meeting, according to the Goderirh Signal -Star. Culbert is 'quoted in the newspaper as saying some schools should be closed and said Colborne was on the list because all the students could be bussed to other schools. Information provided by the board shows Col- borne is at a 103 percent occupancy level. Culbert did not indicate which way. she would vote saying she doesn't have all the information at this point in time. but added the board's list of schools makes financial sense. Residents want to help council: oppose landfill site .expansion "MORRIS TWl' A delegation of Morris Twp. res- idents appeared at an Oct. 6 council meeting re- iterating their opposition to the expansion of the landfill site. .according to the Wingham Advance- Times., • • But the group-alo wants to help' council come up with some alternatives for Huron County waste disposal. The group opposes the expansion of the Morris site because it, has a sand and gravel base which cannot hold leachate. according to landfill site neighbour Klass Jorritsma. - Frank Procter claims exporting the waste would be one alternative. Ile -said exporting costs contin- ue to lower due to increased competition. Ile states there are a number of sites willing to accept garbage fronr,throughout Ontario including Sarnia and SL Thotnas as well as two other mega dumps about.to open. Huron County's draft waste management plan identifies Morris 'township's and Exeter's landfill sites as the destination of garbage from other Hu- ron County inunicipalities. Former Parkhill rail land on the market • PARKHI1.L - For sale signs have been placed on three parcels' of former railway property in the centre of Parkhill. according to the Parkhill Ga- zette. •The town purchased the former railway lands in early 1995. CAS honours Exeter citizens GODERICII-Thursday, Oct. 22 will be a particularly special evening for seven Exeter residents who will be recognized for their years of service at a volunteer/fos- ter parent appreciation night. . Cord and Lydia Lewis, Ed and Marie Nethercott and Edna Simmons will mark ten years of service. Town won't pay for flood damage Continued from front page ty insurance are proper public expenditures. On the other hand, it is improper to pay for clean- ing up after a flood where no public liability exists. "In other words, that must remain a private responsibility. To act oth- erwise would be unfair to the general ratepayer and would 'create a prece- dence for future commit men1 . the position state- ment says.. . - Work will start this fall B:M. Ross and Associates, the town's engineers are currently preparing engineering drawings for town sewer changes and improve-. ments to alleviate the impact of storm water inflow into the sanitaries. Work will include con- necting the following areas to the new i'ryde. Street sanitary line: Kingscourt, Churchill and Sherwood• north (Sherwood south is already connected), prop- erties along the west side of Pryde and some east side of Pryde properties. Repairs to Kingscourt, Churchill and Sherwood sewer lines will also take place but specifics haven't been identified atthis time. On Monday night, .coun- cil passed a motion to do all the sewer work this Fall and Winter with com- plete site restoration in- Spring. nSpring. This will maxi- mize the reduction of the risk of basement flooding and is less costly than doing the construction in stages. However, there will be prolonged neigh= bourhood disruption with portions of sidewalks and streets dug up. The work could be done in stages but it would not be thefastest way to. reduce the risk of base- ment flooding. Staging is also more expensive and there is the risk of dam- aging the old Pryde sewer line. Councillor Joe HHogan. asked 'the homeowners in the gallery which option they preferred. .The homeowners agreed it' would be better to do the work' as soon as possible and all at the same time. Town administrator Rick Hundey will inform residents of the impacts the construction will have on the neighbourhood. New Funding Formula frustrates school board S'1'1tA'1'FORD _,.Avon Maitland District School Board .continues to be frustrated with new funding formula that forces them -to close schools. " "'They are making it impossible for us to run the schools and telling everybody it's our fault for closing , schools," said , Director of Education Lorne Rachlis, last Tuesday night in Stratford. , • k. .told trustees that a recent meeting with oircials from the Ministry of Education and Training produced no extra time or, money ,that would help the board avoid eliminating excess space and closing schools. ""They feel they already gave us an extension froth August 31," said Rachlis. By December 31, boards across Ontario must tell the ministry how it will eliminate excess space in their sys- tesn►s. If they dcin't, ,they will be ineligible for funding for new pupil places in the future: The board also continues 'to face a $1.4 million shortfall in operations. The province wasn't willing to provide any extra funding to maintain the board's schools. The board needs to prove to the province that all of its schools .are • necessary, said Chairperson Abby Armstrong. ' "We have to get our numbers together. Just because we proceed with the studies. it doesn't mean that we will close those schools," she said. Trustees will ask the ministry to take another look at funding .for rural schools and provide an extra allowance in recognition of the large distances and low population density. They also asked the ministry_for an extension of the deadline to September 2000. supporting a.request Made by the Ontario Public School Boards Association (OPSBA). Gary and Cathy Skinner have achieved live years of service. Foster parents provide a temporary home for chil- dren who are in the care of the Childrens Aid Society. These children may need foster care for just a few days. a week. several months or, possibly years. Tools stolen from shed CREDiTON — A locked shed on Victoria St. in Crediton was broken into last week. Rusk said $3.000 worth of tools and implements were stolen. Cottage break-ins HAY TWP. Several cottages were broken into last week in the Drysdale Beach and Poplar Beach subdivisions. Two cottages were broken into in Popular Beach, Rusk said. Only fond and alcohol were stolen and a yellow BMW with a male and a female inside were seen in the area of the break-ins. Four cottages were broken into at Drysdale Beach between O -14..ln-each-case the doors were forced open and nothing was stolen. Car stolen LUCAN — A purple '8.i Pontiac 6000 was stolen from a Butler St., Lucan, parking lot during the day on Oct. 11. ' Rusk said the car had' been left unlocked and the key was on the dash.. ' Snowmobile stolen LUCAN —' "Thieves hauled off a ")2 Polaris snow- mobile 'and its '89 rainbow trailer from Lucan's l_ Name It parking lot in the early hours- of Oct. 10. ` Rusk.said thieves. cut the chain securing the trail- er. . Donna French speaks ' of her family's: experiences Continued from front page of Kristen's, captivity may be made public. That deci- sion is still in front of the Supreme Court. French. and her husband Doug, were invited to ui Luwan by the Lucan Knights, of Co nbus. The presen- tation was free, though donations were welcomed to help pay for the French family's, past legal' fees and ,future bnes fighting the video tapes being made public. A petition calling for those video tapes to be kept, under wraps was also available for signing., 1999 GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS (;tint ('Itri.,r„rn+ (;i/t .11tu•t.y it, 1)os0 hr divppuittied Onl $2995 Y + GST Limited Quantity 424 Main St. Exeter (519) 235-1331