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Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Terry Fox Run
hopes fading
inLucan
LUCAN — With just over
a month until this year's
Terry Fox Run, it appears
Lucan won't be hosting
their own Terry Fox Run,
according to the Terry
Fox Foundation's provin-
cial director Martha
McClew.
The foundation is seek-
ing volunteers from
Lucan to keep Terry's
dream alive. As of press
time, there was not even
a committee in place to
start organizing an event.
After an exhaustive
internal search for sup-
port, .fir„^V■rt' the foundation has
a
been unable to get
a firm
commitment from anyone
to become involved.
"This is an exciting
opportunity for the resi-
dents of Lucan to help
raise awareness in the
fight against, cancer and
to carry on this communi-
ty event,” McClew said.
Since 1995, the Lucan
Terry Fox Run has raised
$10,679,99 for cancer
research.
The event
win
*held
Sunday,
un I9 Y� Sept:P
Set:
com-
munities around the
world including Exeter
and Zurich.
"Cancer treatment has
as
made some great strides
since Terry's 1980 run
but more research money
is needed to help find the
cure," McClew said.
"Lucan may make the dif-
ference."
For further information,
call McCaw at 1-888-
836-9786.
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er gasters beware
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER -- If you live in Exeter
and have a:deep down hankering
for a super green lawn and a
spotless car, here's some bad
news for you.
On Monday night, Exeter's.
committee of the whole and
Hydro Electric Commission
directed staff and B.M. Ross &
Associates Ltd. consulting engi-
neer .Steve Burns to• look into a
having all Exeter homes and
businesses install water meters.
The committee and commission
also gave staff and Burns the go
ahead to draft a new water rate
that would essentially make
water usage more expensive.
The moves stem from a height-
ened water consumption in the
town over the last couple of
years, especially in the summer
months., Lawn/garden watering
seems to be the main culprit for
the increased water use and
Burns outlined in a report the
town could either expand its
water pipeline capacity or find
ways of conserving water. Water
conservation boils, down to
installing meters so people pay
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$1.00 (includes GST) • •
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gets green
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
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EXETER -- How much is Exeter Hydro worth?
Exeter council will find out in about a month.
At Monday night's joint town' committee of the
whole/Hydro Electric Commission (EEC) meeting,
Owen Sound's BDO Dunwoody Chartered Accountants
and Consultants were approved to start its $10,000
(plus disbursements and travel expenses) study to
come up with a sale price for Exeter Hydro.
The Ontario Hydro Services Company (a part of the
splintered former Ontario Hydro) approached Exeter
last month on buying its electric utility.
BDO Dunwoody has audited over 200 municipalities
and put a fair market value .on several utilities . g Hydro..
includ-
in Owen Sound •
donein threeto fiveweeks at which
The study will be we
time BDO Dunwoody representatives will present the
study to council. -
The Ontario Hydro Services Co. has assured council
and the HEC it would absorb Exeter Hydro's •manage-
went and linesmen. Any staff cuts would be done by
attrition such as not replacing a retiring employee.
Exeter Hydro clerical staff would be let gO:With "a fair
exit program.'
Last month town chief administrative officer Rick
Hundey suggested it would be better to sell to Ontario
Hydro Services before November 2000 to take advan-
tage of the transfer tax exemption. If a sale doesn't
occur before the deadline, a tax of one third of the sale
price would be levied against the town and commission
by the province.
Other energy providers or even other municipalities
may also make an offer on Exeter . Hydro. Hundey
admitted Ontario Hydro Services is seen as the leaderer
in electricity services in Ontario.
A discussion at the meeting focussed on what would
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town looking at meters
for the water they use.
Exeter's current water capacity
is 7,400 cubic metres per day.
Some summer days over the past
two years has had usage escalate
to 6,500-7,000 cubic metres.
Those numbers have remained
high despite the recent adoption
of the lawn watering bylaw limit-
ing homes to water for a total of
four hours every other day.
The problem with being so
close to maximum capacity
comes with potential town
growth. If the town does nothing
about the heightened water
usage, there is only enough
capacity left for 30 new homes,
or two years worth of growth.
Under Burns' proposed changes,
700 new households would be
the town's growth potential.
'You're very soon up against a
wall and a decision will have to
be made," Burns said on changes
to rates and installing meters or
expanding the pipeline.
The committee/commission
ruled out expanding the Lake
Huron 'pipeline into Exeter
because the cost would be pro-
hibitive. Water conservation
through meters and a different
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