Times Advocate, 1999-10-27, Page 44
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Possible legal confrontation
on Airport Drive issue
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE S1'AFF
LUCAN BIDDULPH —
Thh township may be
heading towards a legal
confrontation regarding
Airport Drive.
As previously reported
in the T -A, Lucan Bid-
dulph resident Fred Lew-
is has asked the mu-
nicipality to upgrade and
maintain a 1,400 foot
section of Airport Drive
between the Roman and
Saintsbury Lines.
Lewis is planning on
building two chicken
barns on property he
owns on. Airport Drive
and will need an up-
graded road for his
trucks.
The argument between
Lewis and the municipal-
ity is whether or not the
Toad is officially open.
Reeve Earl French has
said if the road is still an
open road, the township
will have to maintain it
up to standards; if it is
closed, though, it is Lew-
is's responsibility.
Lewis appeared before
council again at its Oct.
19 meeting restating his
case.
He said Airport Drive
has been recognized as a
road because it appears
in the most recent
County of Middlesex
map. He alio said there
is evidence of gravel and
ditching on the road.
He said the road was
open when the township
was established and he
is not aware of it ever
being closed.
Lewis, who said he's
lived his whole life in the
area, remembers Airport
Drive being used when
he was a child but main-
tenance stopped because
there was no need for it.
Township ad-
ministrator Ron Reymer
said the township works
supervisor remembers
doing ditching work on
the road in the last ten
years, but that was for
drainage purposes, not
road maintenance.
At that point in the
conversation, French
suggested closing the
discussion to the public
because the matter could
lead to a legal confronta-
tion.
After the half-hour in
camera session, town-
ship staff was directed to
get a legal opinion on
road maintenance, an
engineer's estimate on
upgrading Airport Drive
at both ends of the road
and an estimate of any
taxes that could be col-
lected from Lewis's pro-
posed chicken barns.
Deputy Reeve Bob Ben-
ner said Lewis has to
prove to the township
Airport Drive is open and
he hasn't done that yet.
Council also received a
letter from a Lucan
couple objecting to the
possibility of the town,
ship paying for up-
grading the road. The
letter said Lewis should
pay for the road if he
wants it maintained.
No extra funds available for
sewer project: province
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
LUCAN BIDDULPH —
Reeve Earl French
didn't sound too op-
timistic about the town-
ship getting more money
from the province for its
Granton sewer project.
French reported to
council Oct. 19 about a
visit he made to Toronto
to talk to Environment
Minister Tony Clement
seeking more funds. The
province will grant
$853,000 towards the
project but council has
stated in the past other
municipalities doing sim-
ilar projects have re-
ceived more money than ton project.
what Lucan Biddulph The township was also
has been promised. = seeking an extension on
French, who attended getting its _already-
along with township ad- promised funding be-
ministrator Ron Reymer, cause the project has
engineer Bob Stevenson been delayed. Reymer
and Perth -Middlesex told the T -A he doesn't
MPP Bert Johnson, said expect the township will
Clement seemed in a have any problems -get-
hurry during the 20- ting the extension.
minute meeting on Oct. While French* said
18. Clement did most of the
The township was told talking and not much lis -
that the province has al- tening during the meet -
ready allocated all of its ing, Reymer said the
grant money and more minister did seem knowl-
funds are no longer , edgeable about the sew -
available for Lucan Bid- er project.1
dulph. French said he - French added Johnson
wants an additional was supportive of the
$400,000 for . the Gran- township.
Plans for new Precious
Blood church unveiled
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — The Pre-
cious Blood Fund -
Raising Committee needs
another $450,000 before
it can start construction
on its new church.
The $1.9 million
church, slated for con-
struction on March 21,
near Sanders and Marl-
borough streets, boasts
15,820 square feet.
Parishioners learned
all about the new church
at a dinner and auction
at the Exeter recreation
centre last Friday
Also, church architect
Robert Ritz took the
crowd through a "virtual
tour" of the church and
explained its features.
The church, built one 3.5
acres of land, is com-
pletely wheelchair -
accessible with no stairs
in the building.
It will feature all new
furnishings made by lo-
cal residents.
Ritz told the audience
the church will have a
capacity of 600 and will
be built so it can be ex-
panded in the future.
Father Paul Bail-
largeon said after seeing
plans for the church he
was "in awe of the sim-
ple beauty" of the church
and said it exceeded his
expectations. He added
the church was in-
tentionally designed so it
Robert Ritz,, architect.of the naw Precious Blood
Church, left, and project co-ordinator Michael Van
Raay stand with plans for the new church, unveiled
during a dinner and auction last Friday. The church
needs to raise another $450,000 before construction
can begin.
wouldn't be elaborate or
contain unnecessary ex-
penses.
Sacrifices the fund-
raising committee made
to keep expenses low are
the lack .of stained-glass
windows and simple
landscaping.
Baillargeon said now is
the time for parishioners
to make sacrifices and
start donating money to
the project. He said 50
per cent of the total bud -
POLICE BRIEFS
Break4n at
Hensall's
Taylor
Leasing
HENSALL — Thieves
collected a power washer
and various other power
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The Friedsburg Days Committee made its annual donations to area groups two weeks ago, donating
$3,350. In front from left are: Drew Robertson. representing the StephenTwp.Arena fund-raising group,
which received $750; Cheryl Durand, Zurich Arena fund-raising committee, $750; Lois Godbolt, Block
Parents, $100; Lawrence Scott and Bruce Stanlake, Bluewater Fire Brigade, $200; Judi Delange, Dashwood
Athletic Field Board, $750; and Tom Hayter, Dashwood Minor Ball, $750.Absent was the Alhambra Club,
which received $750. In back from left are Friedsburg Days Committee members: Julia Tiernan, Glenn Ford,
Jordan Rutledge, Shawn Rutledge,Wayne Becker, Karen Schade, Darlene O'Rourke and Kimberly LaPorte.
Absent committee members are Rob Hoffman, RobVanderhoek, Shannon Watson, Jeremy Becker, Cheryl
Becker, Jeff Benneweiss, Christine Schade, Dennis Dietrich, Joe Ford and Jim Crown.
tools over night Oct. 21
after a break-in at
Hensall's Taylor Leasing
Ltd. located on Queen St.
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A refund from surplus
was declared for all poli-
cy holders who qualify,
are on record and In good
standing as at December
31, 1998.
get must be raised be-
fore construction can be-
gin.
There are already over
$500,000 in the church
coffers and said the com-
mittee needs people to
make large donations
such as $25,000, from
those who can afford it.
"It can't happen oth-
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new church.
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