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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-06-23, Page 42tallor .1Eceter '"rig ei-Advocate Communi Dam cleanup Justin Bayer, an Usborne Central Public School student, helped replace old bird houses at the Morrison Dam last Wednesday. Bayer and his Gr. 7 classmates also helped to pick up litter and prune trails at the dam. Own CO to move 'a step closer to amalgama- tion with Stephen and Usborne townships but not without some controversy at Monday night's meeting. Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin motioned Exeter proceed with the South. Huron amalgamation terms of reference that will set the stage for Exeter, Usborne and Stephen to ratify their merger at tomorrow's (June 24) amalgamation meeting. The motion was unanimously passed by council. Stephen and Osborne were expected to make similar motions at their meetings yesterday after press. ':.es a Wednesday. June 23, 1999 Huron United Way loo ahead with optimism By Kate Monk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF CLINTON — The Huron United Way is heading in the right direction and Executive Director Kim Bilcke is optimistic about the future. At the agency's annual meeting June 16, five new people began terms on the board of directors: Jeff Walraven, Clinton; Vicki Piluke, Belgrave; Agnes Cottrell, Dashwood; Brent Wilson, Exeter and Wendy Latimer, Bayfield (Youth Committee Chair). Bilcke said board mem- bers were recruited based. on the skills the board. needed and is confident good things will be accomplished this year. Chairman Frank Loscombe, Grand Bend; Vice-chairman Sherwood Eddy, Grand Bend; Janis Bisback, Hensall; Susan Wyatt, Goderich; Lisa Hewitt, Exeter; Allocations Chair Bonnie Taylor, Lucknow and Malcolm Harrison, Goderich are also on the board. re �•'c�,��,$ � s? :s fist.+.;-,r..'+",yn '+0�::, r r., ,�. rpt t ; 7�t•,t '� g z> _ ,2"'-c Huron United Way has 17 member organizations throughout the county including the Huron. Hospice volunteer pallia- tive care program which was accepted this year. Four venture grants have also been distributed to address new and emerging needs in the community. Connect received $2,000, Huron Respite Network received $4,000, Rainbows Program received $4,000 and Partners in Growth received $4,000 for their initiatives. "If we Only fhnd tradi- tional programs, we.won't meet new needs," Bilcke said. She stressed the United Way is not replacing gov- ernment funding and the agency can't meet all the funding requirements in• Huron County. Poverty exists in Huron just like urban areas but it's less visible, Bilcke explained. Bilcke and her team are working on a new volun- teer initiative to help community members donate their time to a charitable cause on a Saturday in May 2000. The Day of Caring pro- gram idea grew out of the need for teenagers to have good experiences when volunteering. United Way is recruiting OAC students from across the county to form a com- mittee to co-ordinate the program. "It empowers them (youth) to go out and find their own community ser- vice project," Bilcke explained. • Grade 9 students who are required to perform community service work• as part of their secondary school requirements are the program's main tar- gets but Bilcke wants businesses and organiza- tions. to also get involved. "Ideally, the Day of Caring is for every citi- zen," she said. A. People throughout the county, including high school principals, have received the program positively thus far, she. added. Earlier in the meeting council directed chief administrative officer Rick Hundey to forward the letter he drafted :asking Huron County to green light locally devised amalga- mations and adopt interim county government solutions rather than require merger groups like South Huron to submit their proposals at the same time and wait till. September for cotm- "It's not ty consideration, constitc ti The letter will be sent to county council and for God s all Huron runicipali- - EXETER ties. Rov Tit Hundey argued both Middlesex and Lambton counties have approved locally devised mergers as they have been submit- ted and changed county govern rent to reflect the new municipal makeup as required. Coun. Robert Drummond drew the ire of Reeve Roy Triebner when he motioned Triebner must vote against any county council motion calling for single -tier government. Triebner maintained it is impossi- ble for a council to force someone to vote one way or the other. He added he has been a. staunch opponent to a sin- gle -tier government. sake. "It's not constitutional for REEVE God's sake," Triebner said. EBNER "You can't force a reeve to vote a certain way:" "B.S.," Drummond replied.. The motion was passed by council with Triebner the lone dissenting vote. ., r. K�,.. ..r -.:f ..:.:...-..., :c ..,,K. �.i .o.�i ,,. -•i:� ; ...: .£P.. ;:.;;d.sr. r:.:..'... .2.. .=r..+r...7,v ;......,^•.rt:..} ...6r xi'%'. :vJr: Lucan'sAusable excit • i :**S i . �'7K' p;.c ,.a � a !>.17'�L.J -,Y l _ `1 y�''-+_•7' C' 'j�t(n e.Rr ;.h� ,1i i+„}'co►`i.ro ss By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN — The Ausable Centre president describes himself as "very pw excited" about the cen- tre's performance in its first 15 months. "I'm very. pleased. 1 think we've reached a lot of the targets we've want- ed to," Tom McInerney told the T -A Monday afternoon. The centre serves many purposes, including oper- ating as an employment resource centre, art gallery, theatre, meeting centre and tourist infor- mation centre. The centre has had 9,000 visitors, including 1,147 who claim they had never visited _ Lucan before. It has also received $405,000 in fed- eral provincial and pri- vate grants. The centre has hired a new executive director, Tony Baldeosingh, who will be starting in July:' Originally from Trinidad - Tobago, Baldeosingh will be moving to Lucan from Winnipeg to take the job. Another change fbr the Ausable Centre is permis- sion from Lucan Biddulph council to lease the for- er mer Village of Lucan office. The deal isn't yet final. McInerney said the centre and council still have to come to final terms. That bigger office,situ- ated across the street from the centre's current location on Main Street, will give the centre the ability to begin distance education,programs in conjunction with other schools, more counselling and more room to grow. McInerney said he hopes to begin the move across the street in mid- July. Once it moves, it plans $50,000 in renova- tions to make the building.; wheelchair accessible and. to improve the interior. The centre has also received funding from the Trillium Foundation. It will receive $75,000 for the first year, while addi- tional funding may be granted in the following threeyears, depending on the centre's success. "We're very excited about that as well," Mclnerney said. "We're real happy with the way . (the centre's) going and we look for- ward to bigger and better things in the future." second chance fives cafes By Katherine Harding TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF GRAND BEND Council is giving J. Dee's Summerhouse and Gordy's Beach Club another chance — but on their terms. Last Friday, council agreed to allow both bars to continue running side- walk cafes on Main St. On June 7, council unanimously voted to ter- minate its encroachment agreement with both establishments and gave them until June 21 to remove their cafes from village property. Council cancelled their agreements with the pop- ular watering holes after both were found to be vio- lating terms of their encroachment agreement by allegedly using glass containers on their cafes. Mayor Cam Ivey also said one establishment was operating on the May long weekend which is another violation. New terms After meeting with the two operators privately, council has come up with new terms for their encroachment agree- ments: • Sidewalk cafes will now have to close at 10 p.m.; and • If any terms and con- ditions of the encroach- ment agreement are vio- lated the agreement will be immediately suspend- ed and the sidewalkcafe will be removed from vil* ro la a � g properly. �Y• Council has also stipu- lated J Dee's and Gordy's sidewalk cafe operations will be suspended from June 22 to July 1 (inclu- sive) to permit the flow of pedestrian traffic during that busy holiday period. Despite the revamped agreement, Coun. Brian Knights would still like the sidewalk cafes closed permanently. "People are creatures of habit and this is going to happen again," said Knights at Monday's meeting. Crediton trustee resigns STEPHEN TWP. — Stephen Township is looking for a new trustee for the Police Village of Crediton after the recent resignation of Ted Wales. Township administrator Larry Brown said Wales was in the middle of his third term as village trustee and the two other Crediton trusteesare now looking for a replace- ment. Trustees must be eligi- ble. voters . within Crediton.