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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-05-05, Page 1010 be.i.. TMn«-wiwe... Wed esdsy, May 5, 1999 Business Manager accepts settlement By Scott Nixon his buyout. He said combining two TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF jobs into one is a step in the right direction because it will save the LUCAN BIDDULPH — The Lucan township money. Community Memorial Centre is losing Dykeman, 63, said he had already its manager after 11 years of service. thought about retirement before the Paul Dykeman has decided to take a buyout package was offered and said buyout package after the arena board he'll take a month or so before decid- decided to amalgamate the two post- ing what to do in the future. tions of arena manager and comptrol- In his 11 years as arena manager, ler. Dykeman said he is most proud of tak- Arena chairman Perry Caskanette ing the arena from a $100,000 deficit said while Dykeman has done a good when he started to a $15,000 surplus job as arena manager, he doesn't have last year. the computer skills necessary to take He said he'll miss being involved in over the comptroller job, which will Lucan's sports events, but, he joked, require doing all the books for the he won't miss the complaints from the arena. public. Dykeman's last day will be May Dykeman received a cash settlement 20. of $23,000, which included overtime Caskanette said Wayne Hall will take pay he was owed. Lucan Biddulph over the new manager/comptroller administrator Ron Reymer said the position on May 17. Originally from township will pick up 84 per cent of Lucan, Hall comes with strong creden- the cost, while the municipalities of tials for the job with arena and book Middlesex Centre and McGillivray will keeping experience in Toronto. Six of pay the rest. 43 applicants were interviewed for the Dykeman said he "feels fine" about job. Granton Sewer Project still up in the air By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN BIDDULPH — The Granton Sewer Project is on hold, with some Lucan Biddulph councillors worried about the the project's future. The project has been held up because Ontario Street resident Charles Hayden has appealed the project to the Ministry of the Environment, requesting a "bump up" or individ- ual assessment. If the appeal is granted, the individual assessment on Hayden's property would need an. assess- ment, which would go on through the summer, cancelling the project for the year. Lucan Biddulph admin- istrator Ron Reymer said he was hoping for an answer from the Ministry two weeks ago on the Hayden issue, but still hasn't heard. He added some sub -con- tractors who have been lined up for the project have pulled out because of the uncertainty of the project's future. The $1.9 million pro- ject, which Reymer said has to be done because of septic system failures in Granton, has received a 55 per cent grant from the government, but Reymer said there is a possibility that could be lost, because the -grant was approved before the Hayden appeal, which could affect the cost of the project. At council's April 27 meeting, Coun. George Marr admitted "our hands our tied" until the government provides a decision on Hayden's appeal. Also involving the Granton Sewer Project, ._council has passed a mandatory connection bylaw, forcing all village residents to pay for hookup to the sewer. Residents pay for the hookup based on their property frontage; the more frontage a proper- 1stiif MONEAVAILABLE at 6.5% interest or less Personal Loans Totally Unsecured ii you quali- ty, monthly payments as IOW as A $5,000p. Mthly 6 �. $100,00000 $54.16 $15,000 $81.25 Consolidate Your Debts 1(800) 387.1932 Astral Funding ty has, the more the hookup will cost. Cost of the sewage plant and legal costs will be divid- ed equally among the users, said Reymer. As a result of the bylaw, council denied requests from' property owners Lillus Riddell and Don Roloson to be exempt from the bylaw because they say their properties are suitable for septic systems. Coun. Doug Anderson said council had to accept the mandatory hookup bylaw because "if we don't it will open a whole can of worms." Coun. Perry Caskanette agreed, arguing that council couldn't start exempting certain prop- erties from the bylaw. BEST G.I.C. RATES Syr. -58 *, * Rates updated daily with 25_ companies to bettor serve Yoe *Rater rigGaiser Kneale Exeter Grand Bend 235-2420 238-8484 Lunch on "The Hawk" Exeter's Temp -ted Emproyment Servicesrecentiy won a limo ride and lunch in London at The Great West Steak House. The business won the contest by re- questing three songs from 103.1 FM, "The Hawk". They requested Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay" and April Wine's "Roller". From left, the winners included Jamie Regier, Leeanne Regier, Jeannette Regier, Cheri McNutt, Kathy White, Adrienne Talbot and owners Martine MacDonald and Brian Regier. At far right is limo driver Cesar Portugal. VON moves to new location EXETER - After a part- nership of over six years, the VON Palliative Care Volunteer Program and the VON nurses will no longer share their Hensall office location. The dedication and expertise of the VON ni r s, enopred .. _thee.: South Huron area received quality nursing care at home. Thank you for 27 years of VON nursing in Huron. As the nurses now reach out to new chal- lenges, the VON PCVP program will continue to service the South Huron, Exeter and Grand Bend areas. Awareness of the need „1g=1 their rami- lies sm - lies and the bereaved members of this-comihu- nity is growing. VON continues to offer trained volunteers to support those who are terminally ill and VON bereavement support services just keep growing. The VON office is in Room .B105 of South Huron Hospital, 24 Iurpi S.t_, Ex.eter, NOM SZ and the new phone number is (519) 235- 2510. Ontario Request for Public Opinion on the Proposed .g Nursin Home Annual . Licence Renewal of Exeter Villa, Exeter In accordance with the Nursing Homes Act, public opinion is being requested prior to a final decision being made on the above. If you have comments or opinions and wish to brim them to the attention of the Ministry of Health, you may submit them in wasting br addressing them to: Director, Long Term Care Division Ontario Ministry of Health 5700 Yonge Street, Mezzanine Level North Yori, Ontario M2M 4K5 (416) 327-7345, by Jame 7,1999 Please include -the name of the nursing home and quote Project #069-00 on all written submissions. The Director will consider all submissions before making a final decision. 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