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Exeter Times -+Advocate
Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Community
Exeter wants new dam deal with ABCA
Parks study tabled until special meeting
By Craig Bradford
of use if it expands).
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF The trend in recreation mirrors
our aging population. As baby
EXETER -- The future of Exeter's boomers age, the demand for less
parks will get the microscope treat- active leisure activities like life-long
ment by Exeter council at a meeting learning, theatre, music, culture,
tentatively planned for June 28. walking, gardening, bird watching,
That was the decision by .the golf, swimming, curling and volun-
town's committee of the whole after teering increases while demand for
Huron County planner Wayne more strenuous sports like hockey,
Caldwell, county student planner baseball, soccer, volleyball, basket -
Claire Weir and town chief adminis- ball, tennis and fitness clubs level
trative officer Rick Hundey outlined out and may decline.
their Parks and Recreation Study The need for hockey arenas, ball
report at Monday night's meeting. diamonds and soccer pitches will
Weir conducted an inventory of always be there, Caldwell pointed
Exeter's 16 parks, parkettes and out, adding the amount of new
recreational facilities (including older Exeter residents roughly
school grounds) and what they have equals the number of new young
to offer. families coming to town. In fact, 28
Caldwell and Hundey laid out per cent of Exeter's population is
analysis of the inventory. Exeter has under age 20 (about 1,000 people).
about 12 acres of parkland per Hundey said the changes to
1,000 population that exceeds the Exeter's parks and rec policies
province's recommended standard : don't have to be major.
•of seven acres per 1,000 people. -"(It's a) minor shift of emphasis,
Exeter also lines up well with not a whole scale change," he said.
other similar sized municipalities Hundey recommended the com-
when it comes to facilities like are- mittee look at a criteria rating sys-
nas, ball diamonds, soccer pitches, tem to prioritize future park needs.
swimming pools and tennis courts. After some discussion the commit -
"We can basically conclude that tee decided to dedicate a meeting to
your (parks and rec) services are taking a look at the future of
quite adequate," Caldwell said. Exeter's parks. That meeting is
Several shortcomings of Exeter's pencilled in for June 28.
parks were identified including the Mayor Ben Hoogenboom said
lack of parking at Nabisco Field lands bought by the town adjacent
(three `soccer pitches and a ball dia- to the. sewage lagoons along Hwy.
mond), the lack of. washrooms at 83 could be developed some day for
many parks, the disrepair of the additional soccer pitches.
Victoria Park wading pool, the low He added land near the curling
use and upkeep of -Motz, Queens club could be used as parkland with
(Francis) and Snider parks, an the co-operationof the Ausable
absence of walking trails and the Bayfield Conservation Authority.
lack of access to Snider Parke Coun. Joe Hoban wondered if a
Other improvements identified by trail can be created from the end of
either the public or staff include an Sanders St. W. to provide access to
upgrade in playground equipment, Snider Park.
ball diamond upgrades, the necessi- Town clerk -treasurer Elizabeth
ty for a squash/fitness centre and a Bell pointed out an important over -
skateboard area and the long term sight of the parks study the
plans for Nabisco Field (owned by Exeter cemetery was not included.
Nabisco that may take the fields out
EXETER — Exeter will
cough up cash to pay its
share of Morrison Dam
repairs but it wants a new
deal.
That's the gist of the
town's committee of the
whole recommendation
that won by a narrow
margin at Monday night's
meeting.
The committee recom-
mends to council the town
pay $31,600 for its share
of work required on the
dam and then negotiate a
new cost sharing agree-
ment with the Ausable
Bayfield Conservation
Authority and Usborne
Township. The total pro-
ject cost is about $75,000.
A 40 -year agreement on
Morrison Dam. mainte-
nance cost sharing expired
in May '96 but no new
deal was brokered since.
The original deal called for
the Exeter PUC to pick up
40 per cent of work on the
dam while the province
chipped in 50 per cent and
the ABCA 10 per cent.
Usborne Township doesn't
pay for dam maintenance.
but does pay for road
maintenance over the
dam.
Some councillors felt the
$31,600 was too high and
the town should negotiate
a new deal before paying
Exeter's share of the
work. .
The issue was brought to
a head bya report from
'u
chief add nistrative officer
Rick Hundey that suggest-
ed neither Nabisco or
Suntastic would be willing
to pay for "Ausable River
water or for the capital
costs to get such a water
system working. Since the
town recently decided to
not pay to re-establish the the sununer will be algae-
Ausable River link and less at the park.
Hundey suggested the The spraying and chemi-
town take a look at cals will cost about
whether it should pay for $1,840.
dam repairs since its role
for Exeter has changed.
Hundey pointed out the
town has benefitted from
Morrison Dam park and
has a "moral obligation" to
help out since the dam has
benefitted Nabisco for so
long. He added Exeter will
soon merge with Usborne
and Stephen townships
and under the amalgama-
tion order all three share
such project costs based
on assessment.
Later clerk -treasurer
Elizabeth Bell suggested
the town negotiate for the
ABCA to rebate 40 per
cent' of any revenue from
river water sales to the
town if the town pays for
its share of the dam work.
A town ad hoc commit-
tee will meet with the
ABCA on June 23 to dis-
cuss the issue. Location of
Other watery issues dis- meeting changes
cussed at the meeting:
Let's play sprinkler
The committee agreed to
instruct bylaw enforce-
ment officers to have a
blind eye when it comes to
the Exeter Express and
other town hardball teams
watering the Alvin Willert
Field infield during hours
not identified in the
recently amended town
watering bylaw. -
Express. manager Doug
Fairbairn' asked for the
leniency since the infield
grass requires special
-watering that can only be
done when ball folk are
available.
The hardball people will
still have to limit their total
every other day watering
to no more than four
hours a day.
ooeey algae
The committee recom-
mended applying to the
Ministry of Environment
for approval to get rid of
the algae on the
MacNaughton Park pond
by chemical spraying (the
'spray is not harmful to
plants or animals).
The algae was an unwel-
come surprise to park
enthusiasts last summer
and the town received
numerous complaints.
A rider on the recom-
mendation calls for the
town to negotiate with the
MOE to get approval by
,Aug. 1 to ensure part•of
ZURICH — The location
for tonight's meeting of
the five amalgamating
municipalities has been
moved again.
The meeting will now be
in the Hay Township
municipal office in Zurich
tonight.at 7 p.m.
The group, formerly
known as the `Original
Six', . nowo1fa13td31cthM
Villages of Hensall, Zurich
and Bayfield and the
Townships of Hay and
Stanley.
Tuckersmith Township
dropped out last month to
join amalgamation talks
with Seaforth and
McKillop.
Potluck supper held for Senior Games competitors
By Carmel Sweeney
ZURICH CORRESPONDENT
ZURICH - The grade 1
and 2 students of St.
Boniface School went on
a .l us trip to London last
Thursday to the
Children's Festival in
Victoria Park.
Games of Pepper and
Solo are providing an
afternoon of fellowship
and fun every Friday at
the Hay Township Hall,
Zurich. Visitors are wel-
come. Winners of atten-
dance four weeks in a
row were Aldene Wolfe,
Pauline Guenther, Doris
Hamilton, Elizabeth
Grainger and Maureen
Pemberton.
Regular draw winners
were Millie Webber, Rita
Snyder, Barbara Conlon,
Bernadette Denomme,
• Doris Hamilton, Gwen
McKellar (2), Velma
Russell, Bessie Boyd,
Gerald Regier, Ursula
Regier, Harold
Finkbeiner, Olive Papple
and Maureen Pemberton
(2).
The Zurich Golden
Agers held their 'last
euchre party of the sea-
son on May 31 with nine
tables in play.
First prize . winners
were Marie Cyr and Ross
MacDonald, and second
prize winners were
Noreen Hayter and John
Jacobs. Joe Miller won
the most lone, hands.
Door prizes were won by
Orlen Schwartzentruber,
Joe Miller, Jean Fleming
and Ursula Regier.
On June 7 the Golden
Agers hosted a potluck
supper with local partici-
pants of the Tri -County
Senior Games as guests.
They will compete in St.
Marys on June 14 and 15.
Lloyd fOtterbein enter-
tained the group with
music and song. Several
interesting readings were
enjoyed. The evening
closed with games of solo,
pepper, euchre and
crokinole.
The representatives
are as follows: Bridge -
Marie Gelinas and Bill
Goudie; Shuffleboard -
Thea Vandenboom and
Doris Hamilton; Walking
- Marg Horner and Earl
Horner; Cribbage - Ina
Neeb and Gwen
McKellar; Crokinole (fin-
gers) - Marie Cyr and
Della Gascho; Crokinole
(sticks) - Doreen Oesch
and Ken Gascho; Solo -
Lottie Grenier and Orlen
Schwartzentruber;
Pepper - Cecilia Smith,
Gordon Smith and Louise
Hayter; Golf - Bob Kirk
and Ina Russell; Lawn
bowling - Doris Hamilton
and Paula and Harry Van
Osch; 5 Pin Bowling -
Elaine Weido, . Mary
Finkling, Madeline
Desjardin, Robert Horner
and William Muller;
Euchre - Maureen
Pemberton and Gwen
McKellar.
Dorothy and Ed Smith
will be convenors for. the
game of Solo. Twenty five
seniors from Zurich will
also attend the banquet
-in St. Marys Arena on
June 15.
Joan Smith and Kay
Hay were in charge of the
recent Zurich Women's
Institute meeting in the
township hall. The topic
was agriculture, and the
roll call was answered by
things that can be put
into a composter.
Eve: yone brought articles
for the I.P.M. hostess
bags and they were able
to fill 19 bags.
The June meeting of
W.I. was held at the
home of Pearl Heimrich.
President Joan . Smith
chaired the meeting. The
group was reminded of
the picnic in Crediton on
July 6.
They discussed a dis-
play for the fair, and the
bean festival. The W.I.
will be having a tea room
again in the township hall
at the Festival.
The topic of the meeting
was family and consumer
affairs. Heimrich read an
article on nutrition, con-
ducted a quiz and read
some poems. Maddy
Smith read several
humorous articles.
The roll call was
answered by naming a
homemade cleaner.
The next meeting will
be in September.
Personals
Harold and Esther
Gingerich had their 25th
wedding anniversary on
June 8. A surprise party
was -held at the home of
her sister Carol and Dave
Steckle on Sunday.
Welcome to town, the
family of Elfie and
Brenda Stoneman who
recently moved into the
former home of Clarence
Geoffrey on Walnut
Street.
A correction from last
week's news: The 80th
birthday Open House for
Vera Shantz was not held
at the Mennonite
Fellowship Hall on June
due to the funeral of
Verna, Ropp (Gingerich).
Renee Sweeney of
London spent the week-
end isiting her parents
and family in the area.
Several girlfriends of
Dawn McAdams, London
got together throughout
the weekend at Dune's
family campground to
surprise her on her forth-
coming marriage to
Darren Alexander. They
will be married in
September. He is the son
of Berit Wallace, RR #2
Zurich.
Tyler Stephen Merner,
son of Marty and Lisa,
was baptized at St.
Boniface church on June
13 by Fr. Wronski.
This week is the 56th
anniversary of Fr. Morris'
ordination to the priest-
hood.
Mackenzie Johnston,
daughter of Paul and
Lynn Johnston of Niagara
Falls, was baptized on
May 23. Godparents were
Mark Johnston of
Goderich and Rachel
Meffe-Candelino of St.
Catharines. Mackenzie
was happy to have all her
family in attendance,
even great -grandma
Marg Johnston from the
Maple Woods
Apartments, Zurich.
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