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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-07-21, Page 22 Exeter Times. -Advocate Wednesday. July 21, 1999 In the News Regiona Preston Manning touring the area next weekend PARKHILL — Reform Party leader Preston Man- ning is coming to town, reports the Parkhill . Ga- zette. Manning is scheduled to spend 20 to 30 minutes in Parkhill on the afternoon of July 25. While in the area he is also scheduled to spend time in Bay- field and Grand Bend. The July 25 visit of the federal opposition leader coincides with the third annual garden tour, orga- nized by the Parkhill and Area Horticultural Socie- ty. Manning is the most prominent national politi- cian to visit Parkhill since Jean Charest spoke to North Middlesex District High School students dur- ing the 1993 federal election campaign. Councillor questions Perth County's millennium gift PERTH COUNTY —A millennium gift from Perth County to the local municipalities was questioned by West Perth Deputy -Mayor Bert Vorstenbosch, reports the Mitchell Advocate. The $16,000 project is intended to help preserve the historical crest of the 14 municipalities which were amalgamated into four in •1998. All of the carved and mounted wooden crests now hang in the county council chambers and Warden Dave Shearer thought it would be appro- priate to give the local municipalities copies of them. The county would also receive copies of the four new municipal crests for its own chambers. Vorstenbosch thinks the project is too expensive and suggested a less costly alternative to produc- ing individually mounted crests. The matter was deferred a month so council members can consult their individual councils on how they would like to see the displays done. Locals to lead Mickey into town GODERICH = To add to the festivities and to en- courage more local participation in the parade, Disney and Goderich have decided to allow a 'pre - parade' to march in front of Mickey's Hometown Parade on July 24, reports the Goderich Signal - Star. The parade will now begin at 9:15 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as expected and will be the first time a Disney parade has been presented on Canadian soil. Town organizers of the parade are encouraging everyone who wants to see the parade to be in town well in advance of the parade's starting time. The main reason for the pre -parade is to add length to the overall parade and to allow non - Disney things such as road graders to be included in the festivities. Goderich has also invited munici- pal councils in Huron County to choose members of their community who "best represent Mickey's can do spirit" to participate in the pre -parade. West Perth dumps garbage collector for late pickups WEST PERTH — Township's council has agreed unanimously to cancel their contract with Mac- Donald Sanitation, their roadside garbage collec- tor and commercial -industrial cardboard pickup company, reports the Mitchell Advocate. Deputy Clerk Jim Demerling said MacDonald has been in violation of several critical clauses of its contract including late pickups and lack of custom- er service between county officials and the compa- ny. He said West Perth began attempts to rectify the situation with MacDonald Sanitation in March and met with them on two occasions in April but still found unsatisfactory compliance. Council has now negotiated a contract with Cart- er's Waste Disposal of Wingham, which was awarded the rest of the terms and conditions of MacDonald's contract, which expires Dec. 31, 2000. Carter's will perform the garbage pickup for $425.62 (plus GST), plus $80.05 for commercial - industrial cardboard collection. It was the lowest of two quotations. Drug bust in Exeter By Katherine Harding TIMES ADVOCATE STAFF • Yr> Exeter OPP Const. George Finch kneels beside the 'drugs and drug growing equip- ment seized from a William St. residence last Friday. 1 EXETER — Exeter OPP officers have made an- other drug bust. ' Last Friday at 4:30 p.m. police seized "several thousands of dollars" worth of drugs and drug growing equipment from a William St. residence. Two Exeter residents, a manand a woman, have been arrested in connec- tion with the incident. Exeter OPP Const. George Finch said charg- es will likely be laid this week. During the raid, officers seized several cannabis marijuana plants in sev- eral stages of growing. They also found scales, growing equipment and two small bags of a white powdery substance. Finch said the powder will be sent to a lab in Scarborough to de- termine what the sub- stance is. Last month, Exeter OPP shut down a $242,000 pot growing operation in Stephen Twp. Larry Weido, 53, a re- tired Zurich Public School teacher, was charged with possession for the purposes of traf- ficking marijuana and production of marijuana. Area accidents claim three lives Continued from front page stretch of road in five years. In another tragic inci- dent on Sunday, a Stephen Township man was killed in a farm acci- dent. Ivan Hedging, 65, of RR3 Parkhill was killed when his tractor entered the ditch and drove up on a bridge guide rail on Stephen Conc. 22 at about 1 p.m. The tractor rolled over and landed upside down in a creek pinning Hodgins. A four car crash on Hwy. 4 south of Hensall killed two men and sent five people to area hospitals. Ont. Hydro wantsto provide Exeter's electricity Continued from front page same or lower rates than an Exeter wireco could charge. In his report to council, chief administrative office Rick Hundey said it's bet- ter to sell to Ontario Hydro before November 2000 to take advantage or the transfer tax exemp- tion. The tax would be one third of the sale price after the deadline. Freeman told those at the meeting Ontario Hydro would absorb Exeter Hydro's manage- ment and linesmen and any staff cuts would be done by natural attrition like not replacing retiring employees. Unfortunately, Exeter Hydro's clerical staff would not be need- ed. Freeman assured the clerical staff would be offered "a fair exit pro- gram." Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin said other power brokers will probably make an offer on Exeter Hydro over the next six months. "In my mind, this is the first kick at the cat," Urlin said. Mayor Ben Hoogenboom said there have been municipalities that have turned down Ontario Hydro's offer. Council decided to con- tact Owen Sound's B.D.O. Dunwoody, a financial firm with experience in the issue, to come up with a sale price for Exeter Hydro. Cat bylaw increases village vet clinic bills By Kate Monk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF HENSALL — Stray cats are running up the Vil- lage : of Hensall's tab at the South Huron Vet- erinary Clinic in Zurick Seven cats running at large have been taken to the clinic costing the vil- lage $576.73, Clerk - Treasurer Luanne Phair told the Times -Advocate Monday afternoon. Vet clinic bills include boarding costs and eu- thanasia fees if the cat is not claimed or adopted. The village also covers staff time to administer the bylaw with animal control `officer Jamie Caldwell receiving an ex- tra $10 per month since May. Twenty-eight tags have been sold since the by- law came into effect Jan. 1 bringing in a revenue of $380. Phair said a few of the strays were from a Rich- mond St. S. house. A ten- ant kept several cats and left the cats behind when evicted. The, Huronia chapter of the. Ontario Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to An- imals live -trapped sever- al felines but were not able to capture all the cats. The village eventually trapped the remainder and took the cats to the Zurich clinic, Phair. said. • The village has picked. up the vet clinic bill and Phair hasn't explored whether the costs can be recovered. There haven't been many calls to the village office for stray cats, Phair said. When a res- ident reports a stray cat, the village provides a live trap for the resident to use.