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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-03-21, Page 3V`T.. BUYING BOOKS — Timmy Dietrich gets ready to pay librarian Helen Hodgins and (Assistant lesly McDonnell for the books he has picked out during the annual book sale at the library. The money taken in during the successful three-day event will be used to purchase more books for the Exeter library. London firm wins Accept ,Exeter town council ac- cepted the low tender of $159,563 submitted by CWA Contractors of London, to reconstruct Marlborough Street. The next lowest tender of $161,062 was submitted by C.A. McDowell Ltd. of Cen- tralia and Lavis Contracting of Clinton submitted the third lowest bid of $163,763. Mayor Bruce Shaw raised the question of whether coun- cil should automatically sub- mit the lowest fender, or whether they should consider accepting the bid of the local contractor. Works supervisor Glen Kells noted that in the past, council accepted the second lowest bid in a tender. in order to give the job to a local contractor. Ile told council the low bidder. who was over Usborne Continued from front page Associates for the Stone drain. Council has accepted the quotation of Flags Unlimited of Weston and will be order- ing 10 township flags. Usborne Central School principal Bill Linfield attend- ed•the latest council meeting to accept the bicentennial flag from reeve Gerald Prout on behalf of the staff and students of the school. Cathy Vandenberg ap- peared before council to bring them up-to-date on the I luron County Atlas and answer any questions from ratepayers in- terested in acquiring space. construction bid looked, never submitted another bid on Exeter projects. Reeve Bill Mickle said he was concerned if council started overlooking the low bidders, the town would lose those bidders on future tenders. Despite the tempta- tion to give work Co.local businesses, Mickle said, "I feel you pretty well have to go with the low bids." Councillor Ren Hoogen- boom said CWA did work for the town on projects last year "Wand they did an excellent job." The toeal cost of the Marlborough Street reconstruction project. in- cluding the 15 percent engineereing fees, will be $183,497, which is $15,000 less than the original estimate of $198.000 for the reconstruction. The completion date for the project is August 15. In other business, council granted P.K.Knight, of Whispering Pines Develop- ment Ltd. and the owner of Star Time Video, an extension on the time he can remain in business at his Highway 8:3 location. Originally' council had askc ed Knight to vacate that premise and move to a suitable business location by March 22. Lawyer Kim .McLean, representing Whispering Pines, told council Knight is planning to move to a downtown. main street pro- perty which he has purchas- ed. iHowever, while the sale 'should close by March 30, ("ZouNTRY CLIPPERS) � UNISEX HAIRSTYLING1 � NI NI 1111 NI Re 1111 NI L Mt. Carmel 237-3778 Two stylists to serve you 1111 MI III NIEll NINI 5P'UCIG WARPHJ P 1 hop and save during th Exeter Mainway's Spring Sell-A-Brotion 3 Days On I y Thur., Fri. & Sat. Suede Joggers Men's Assor ted Colours Boys 14" 1299 Womens Fabric sandals Wedge heels, as,or/r'd colours and styles Low, low price 999 All regular priced 10% off Plockses aincluding purses luggage $myth's SHOE STORE MAIN ST. EXETER PHONE 235-1933 Knight wants to do extensive renovations to the new property. McLean said the Star Time Video operator was re- questing he be allowed to stay in the Highway 83 location up to April 30, so he wouldn't have to store his equipment while completing renovations at his new location. Reeve Bill Mickle, noting Knight had been given other extensions in the past, noted, "I think this has got to be the last extension" that council allows. McLean noted in his letter to council that Knight hopes to open this business downtown prior to the April 30 date. The readers write Following is a copy of a let- ter sent recently by the R.E. Pooley Exeter Branch 167 of the Royal Canadian Legion to the London Free Press. . Dear Sir: We, the Members of Legion Branch no. 167 Exeter, wish to condemn the views ex- pressed through your various media outlets that veterans should be ashamed of themselves for their stand taken on the use of London's Cenotaph. It is inconceivable that such statements would be condoned by so-called responsible journalists. Comrade Jack Cain, Zone Commander A6, is to be com- mended for his stand on behalf of the Legion and we wish to make it known that he has unanimous support from our Branch. John If. Stewart Secretary, Branch no. 167 Exeter,- Ontario Town couricil Continued from front page postdated cheques. He told council that if an in- dividual writes a second per- son a postdated cheque, which is accepted, then in fact the second person is exten- ding credit to the cheque - writer. If that cheque then bounces on the date it is cashed, it is an offence under civil law, rather than criminal law as one might expect. Shaw said if this happens, Hie second person can either lake the matter to small claims court, to try and recover the money he is ow- ed or he can hire a lawyer and sue the person who wrote the postdated cheque which bounced. Shaw said. "If you gb to the police. all they can do is give you advice" since the matter is a civil action. However, he added. if a person writes several postdated cheques, and there are no funds to cover any of them. then this becomes a matter of fraud and can be investigated by the police as a criminal matter. Coll for free estimate and we'll telt you how you can save. L.W. KI•Mstixor Ltd. D.,AIre coed 237.34 1 Plumbing 14../1ne 11.1,1,.1 ..n,n n„ n..,MIOTIOnu Budget set for aroa fire board The 1984 budget for the Ex- eter and area fire board is $122,100, which includes the 520,000 purchase price of a us- ed tank truck by the fire department. In addition to the *122,100, the four municipalities who belong to the area fire board will also pay their annual con- tribution to the reserve fund for a new pumper and the fire protection costs involved in looking after fire hydrants. Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that Exeter's $87,892 share of the 1984 budget is actually a 8.58 per cent decrease from last year's contribution by the town. Usborne township's share of the 1984 budget is $40,293;Stephen township is responsible for $10,989 and Hay township for $7,236. In- cluded in the 1984 budget is $14,000 for vehicle and radio repairs and the purchase of nine new pagers and $11,000 for the purchase of equip- ment, protective clothing and recharges. The largest share of the budget, $50,600, is for ad- ministration wages, training and benefits for Exeter and Area Fire Board volunteer firemen. In other business Monday night, Exeter town council ac- cepted the lowest tender of $3,970, submitted by N.C. Jones, for the extension of Sanders Street East. Reeve Bill Mickle reported to council that a deputation of Carling Street area residents attended the public works committee meeting to discuss the problem of flooded Liberal association names delegates The Huron Bruce Liberal Association met March 8, at the McKillop township office, and members were elected to represent this riding associa- tion at the upcoming Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario meeting in Toronto. Delegates are Heather Redick, Zurich; Margaret Aitken, Goderich; Muriel Murphy, Goderich; Margaret Arbuckle, Wingham; Paul Murphy, Goderich; Michael Murphy, Goderich; Howard Aitken, Goderich; Thomas Murphy, Goderich; Bruce McDonald, Mildmay; Bill Elston, Morris; Mac Inglis, Clifford; Barry Reid, Wingham; Carol Reid, Wingham; Charles Erb, Zurich; Dan J. Murphy, Goderich; Don Buchanan, Londesboro; John Jewitt, Hullett; Grant Chisholm, Lucknow; Bill Jewitt, Hullett; Nick Whyte, Hullett; George Brophy, Lucknow; George Anderson, Lucknow. This meeting will focus on policy, organization and pre- election readiness and will reflect the input of those in attendance. Members of the Huron Bruce Liberal Association in- vite all those interested in the activities of the group to con- tact Jack Horan of Walton. basements. , He said residents said the problem has existed since the sanitary sewers were install- ed in the area. Committee members voted to ask works supervisor Glen Kells to in- vestigate and solve the pro- blem even if it means plugg- ing and sealing old drains that go into the Ann Street drain. Council members, in response to a letter from Goderich council, passed a motion , put forward by Gaylen Josephson, that Ex- eter council go an record that the County and Huron Coun- ty Board of Education try to restrain their percentage in- crease (in the county requisi- tion) to fall within the recom- mended five per cent provin- cial guidelines. Goderich council said 1984 increases in the county mill rate presently reflect and in- crease of 13 per cent for Goderich and other municipalities in the county requisition. There will be a special meeting of Exeter council March 26 at 4 P.M. to open the tenders for the town's new pumping station. 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