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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-04-04, Page 3NEW OPTIMIST CLUB FORMED — The new Exeter Optimist club became a reality Monday night and Charter Night is tentatively planned for late in May. The executive is shown above. Back, left, directors Mark Heinrich, Jerry°Mathers, Mark Sheeler , Doug Heywood, Ted Johnston and Chris Relouw. Front, treasurer Pete Hrudka, vice-president Art Hunking, president Kevin Short, vice-president Tom Bowen and secretary Harry Stuart. Council commends loyal group on Atlas project participafion Exeter residents who have been compiling the town's history for the 1984 edition of the Huron County Atlas came in for some special praise at Monday's council meeting. Reeve Bill Mickle said the committee of Garnet Hicks, • Karen Pfaff and Joanne Bowen "have done a super job" in writing an entry focussing on highlights in Ex- eter's history. Also, he said Garnet Hicks has "sold" space to several other town organizations and businesses who wjlt be featured in the atlas as well. Exeter residents who wish to be patrons of the atlas. which entitles then .oto _a special two-line entry on their family and a copy of the atlas, must have their letters off to the county council by April 15. To date, Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller said, only 10 Ex- eter residents have sent in their sponsorship forms, and she reminded her fellow coun- cil members to return their patron forms before the April 15 cutoff date. Both Mickle and Fuller reported that county council is concerned that the April 15 date is too soon for some municipalities to have all their material ready for publication. Fuller said although coun- cillors are concerned about the state of the atlas, they' want to stick to the April cutoff date for receiving material. Fuller added even with that date, the atlas won't be published until some time in December. The new edition of the atlas, which was originally published in 1879, is the county's project to honor Ontario's Bicentennial. The deputy reeve said one problem in the atlas prepara- tion seems to be that enough guidelines on contributions to the atlas weren't set out in ad- vance. Fuller told council that clerk Elizabeth Bell will be receiving a letter requesting the names of all lot owners in the town, information that will be included for every county town and village. Council agreed that Bell could simply send .Cathy Vandenburg, the atlas co- ordinator, a copy of the town's assessment lists. Forms for atlas patrons are still available at the town clerk's office. In other business, council approved a motion to send a letter of appreciation to town employee Gary Middleton, who replaced the disintegrating town crest on mission to hold their annual tournament July 13, 14 and 15 of this year. Mike Soldan reported in a letter to council that last year visitors to the tournament spent $4,900 on the site "in ad- dition to that spent at other businesses." Councillors received an in- vitation to attend the official opening of the Exeter com- mercial banking unit of the Bank of Montreal on April 5 at 2 p.m. Council voted to send their condolences, on behalf of the town of Exeter, to the family of the late R.E. (Ted) Pooley, a former town mayor. Concert at,SHDHS As part of Ontario's bi- centennial celebration, students at South Huron High School were treated to a presentation called Mos - living alone in the woods. Finally, Bob Wagar played the second son of a wealthy British family, at a time when the fi-r�tt Qrn_got everything!. e played a young British gentleman who came to Canada to start anew and write a book about the new land. The men used guitars, a banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and harmonica to augment their collection of musical stories. About half of the songs they sang were their original com- positions, the other half con- sisting of several songs "as old as Ontario itself." Their band is called Tanglefoot and they have been singing: together for several years. All the members are teachers from Peterborough County on leave -of -absence. They spent about a year asembling their presentation. They have also produced four other produc- tions which they use to pre- sent to different.age groups, most notably being their children's production of "Ooples" and "Boo-Noo- Noos." The group came to the at- tention of the Ontario Arts Council by performing at what Tim Rowat compared to a "Cattle Auction"; their's as well as several other acts, performed for possible spon- sors; and interested sponsors• approached the band to ask them to perform. Mosquitos, Mudholes, and Rebels is a highly interesting presentationof slides, poetry. music and a monologue on Ontario's past. The act was a lively one, concentrating not on dull facts. but the in- teresting aspects of the lives of those who make up our history. the -Exeter -police staton with-- -quiW; fl,1 j holes, and -Rebels. H Through words and song, three musicians presented a 45 minute concert, detailing life in Upper Canada (On- tario) in the late 17th and the early 18th century. Each of the musicians dressed in period costume and presented several monologues chronicaling the lives of the people they represented. Tim Rowat was dressed the way a typical loyalist would have appeared during the American Revolution. He spoke of the persecution a character of his sort might have been exposed to in the late 1700's. Joe Grant amus- ingly played a retired, old British soldier who now lived out in the woods of Upper Canada. He talked about the craziness settlers feel when a wooden crest that he made. Reeve Bill Mickle brought an English newspaper, called Business -to -Business, to the attention of council. A recent issue features both an ad outlining Exeter's potential as a business site and an article lettingreaders know they can contact Mike Darbishire with questions about locating a" business enterprise here. Mickle also raised the issue that county council raised Ex- eter's apportionments to 13.6 percent. He added some at- tempts by he and deputy - reeve Fuller to have it reduc- ed to a more reasonable level "fell on deaf ears" although the two of them argued the new rate was "inflationary" and simply "too high." Council agreed to share the costs of an advertisement proclaiming May as Family Unity Month with the township of'Usborne. A motion from the town of Vanier asking Premier William Davis to proclaim the province of Ontario as of- ficially bilingual was noted and filed by Exeter councillors. Council did approve a mo- tion from the Blue Crew fastball team granting per - Running a Business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you're doing but nobody • else does. Try to keep school open The Hensall School Accom- modatiorrReview Committee chaired by John Tinney received approximately 15 written submissions to date. flensall and Ilay councils, the Hensall BiA and Kinsmen, the nursery school, local and county librarians, and a number of businessmen in the village have submitted briefs urging that the Hensall Public School be kept open. Replies to a questionnaire sent to all in the area asking for opinion on the effects of the school on the community, the school's operation, and why the school should remain open, were unanimous in sup- porting the continued opera- tion of the institution. The Review Committee's findings so far will be presented at a public meeting in the school gym on April 10 at 8:00 p.m. "We feel the school is viable, and vitally necessary to this community. it is also in excellent repair. i think we will he able to present a pret- ty strong and logical case to the Huron County Board of Education in favour of keep- ing the Hensall school". Tin- ney observed. ' Submissions will be. ac- cepted until the end of April before the ('ommittee collates all the information it has gathered and draws up its recommendation:; for presen- tation to the Board. The readers write Dear Sir: Re: Zoning By Laws Why can certain parcels of land. namely Part Lots 795, 796. 797 be redesignated as 'Highway Commercial' from 'Open Space' and rezoned to 'Service Centre Commercial C-6' from 'Hazard land - HL' and also 'Highway ('ommer- cial C-5' to 'Service ('entre Commercial C-6' to ac- commodate gas bar on the property which is directly across from a similar business, while it seems im- passible to rezone other pro- perty to allow a much needed second drug store to locate in our community? Sincerely. D.P.L. Robbins plININUMNIMMOIONIMPOPIIIIMINNOMMININIMMINNImplampowisk Wall...r Clothing Sale Spring Sale now on at foray's Tack Shop Luton Boots, shirts, dress and lined jean jackets. 20% Off felt hats - jeans - 40% off 20% off Shop open weekdays oxcopt Tues., 11 - 6 & Sot. 9 - 6 Phone 227-4 72 1 Mickle notes pluses ountyof Hu it ,., iron disappearing , earlier that morning when the Brussels manager of the Royal Bank told him he was leaving. "I'm concerned where the county as a whole is goirig. I have no figures, but I'm told we're losing population, in- dustry and commercial pro- jects," commented Reeve Krauter. The Brussels reeve noted chat he had been in con- ference with MPP Murray Elston (Huron -Bruce) and the provincial parliament member wanted to know what the village is going to do about the bank. "We're going to fight, we have to do something", said Reeve Krauter. The Brussels reeve also noted that on the side of the street where the Royal Bank is located, three or four other businesses have left in the past year. He feels the smaller urban areas are being phased out and the county as a whole is being pushed into regional government. Other reeves commented on the lost businesses in their own communities. Turnberry township reeve Brian McBurney said as he drives through neighboring counties he sees similar problems with small hamlets disappearing. Exeter reeve William Mickle said attracting businesses and industries to the county isn't something that happens overnight, but it is one solution to the problem described by Reeve Krauter. IsHuron County, as it is known today, disappearing? This was the feeling at tle March 29 meeting of Huron County Council when Brussels Reeve Cal Kreuter said "I'm hollering for help'; after he Iearned the Royal Bank of Canada is pulling out from his village. He spoke of the "con- siderable jolt" he received Okay PA days for H -P board The Huron -Perth Separate School Board at its March 26 meeting approved its 1984-85 school year calendar which includes nine professional ac- tivity or PA days. Administrative assistant Gaeten Blanchette said there will be 195 school days !text year, including the PA days; one day more than the minimum allowed• by the Ministry of Education. The first day of school is September 4 with students .en- ding school on June 26, 1985. Highlights of the school year calendar include Christmas holidays with December 21 being the last day of school and students returning to school on January 7. The mid -winter break runs from March 11 to 15. Board chairman Ron Mur- ray, RR 1, Dublin asked if Remembrance Day is no longer a holiday. Mr. Blan- chette said the current school year is the first year that the Ministry of Education drop- ped that day as a holiday. The PA days will be on September 21, October -26, November 28, December 14, --March-29;198 -,-April-19;T985;- May 10, 1985, June 27 and 28, 1985. In other business the board appointed Mr. Blanchette as acting superintendent of education until June 26, sub- ject to Ministry approval. Blanchette, formerly prin- cipal at St. Boniface Separate SchQol, Zurich received word March 23 that he had passed his supervisory officer's cer- tificate examination. He has been working out of the board.' office as ad- ministrative assistant since William Eckert,+ director' of education, sufittred a mild heat attack earlier this year. Blanchette expects to be returning as St. Boniface principal in September. Superintendent of Educa- tion John McCauley has been filling in as acting director of education since Mr. Eckert's absence. H u ron budget Continued from fronl page is included as revenue in the 1984 budget. The largest expenditures for the county are in social services, which includes general assistance, Huron - view and Family and Children's Services. This por- tion of the budget totals $6.3 million. Transportation services, in- cluding $23,000 for the airport, totals $5.5 million. The 'rest of the 1984 expen- ditures include $1.7 million for health services, $939,062 for general administration, $901,281 for recreation and cultural services, $439,808 for planning and development and $164,315 for members of council. Those voting in favor of the budget were reeves James Aitchison' West Wawanosh, Leona Armstrong, Grey, An- thony Bedard of Hay, Robert Bell, Tuckersmith, Ernest Brown, Clinton, Tom Cronin, Blyth. Tom Cunningham, Hullel, Bill Elston, Morris, Marie Ilicknell, McKillop, Dave Johnston, Bayfield, Russel Kernighan, Goderich Township; Joe Kerr, Wingham, }tarry Klungel, llensall, Brian McBurney, Turnberry, Gerry. Prout, Osborne, Jack Stafford, Howick, Paul Steckle, Stanley, Grant Stirling, Goderich township, Neil Vin- cent, East Wawanosh, Alan Wolper, Stephen, and Ralph Weber, Stephen. Those voting against the budget were reeves and depu- ty reeves John Austion, Ashfield, Jim Brittnell, Goderich, Lossy Fuller, Ex- eter, Isadore LaPorte, Zurich, Bill Mickle, Exter, and harry Worsell, Goderich with two votes. The vote for the amend- ment to the budget (reducing the budget by $190,000) was the reverse of the budget vote, except Reeve Elston voted in favor of the amendment and also voted in favor of the budget. Absent from the meeting were William Campbell, Seaforth, Calvin Kruater, Brussels and Lionel Wilder, Hay Township, Times -Advocate, April 4, 1984 In attracting companies to Huron County there may be one sound contact out of 150 said the Exeter reeve. "We have to n -rake a com- mitment to create develop- ment, a time consuming com- miment," commented Reeve Mickle. 'tWe have to fight for this county. The county has to stand behind (Brussels) and help," added Mickle. One problem, as outlined by Howick township reeve Jack Stafford, is the amount of "red tape" any potential shoreline, communities hers development has to go are close to markets. We've through. got something here. It's a "Maybe, we've created matter of telling people," he some of these problems said. ourselves," said Reeve • Colborne Township Reeve Stafford. Russel Kernighan said the county has to pull together and one area could be to assist the Town of Goderich in the Goderich harbor expan- sion project. Reeve Kratuer acknowledged the fact that Huron is based on one in- dustry - agriculture. "Maybe it's time to diversify." Morris township reeve William Elston said his township is suffering too, but from another . problem. He noted part of the problem is that the province's new grant system is based on the number of households in a municipality and last year Morris lost 17 houses. "There's a reason for that. When the press is here I won't say ...k," said reeve Elston, "They (not the press) don't care about our homes, our community." Reeve Krauter commented that he hoped something could be done about the losses in Huron County., "This is the most beautiful county in the world," the Brussels reeve said. County council's morale seemed to reach a low ebb when reeve Mickle reminded his colleagues that Huron County does have pluses. "One other thing, don't downgrade your county. We have recreation along the Separate board donafes p ortable The Huron -Perth Separate ble the portable will be used as overnight accommodation for students at the education centre. "If they (MVCA) move it, they can have it," Mr. McIn- nes said stating the only stipulation. Michael Moriarity, the Goderich area trustee ques- tioned the need for an outdoor education centre located in -the middle of a rural area. John McCauley, acting director of education, said if `the centre is run like Wildwood Conservation Area near St. Marys, there will be environmental studies that students couldn't get full knowledge of on a farm. The portable is to be remov- ed during the summer holidays if MVCA accepts the donation. School Board is donating a portable classroom to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The portable will be used on the site of the Wawanosh Val- ly Conservation Area where a conservation education cen- tre is being established. At the board's March 26 meeting, trustees agreed to donate the portable which is currently being used at Sacred Heart Separate School in Wingham. At the end of this school year the portable will no longer be needed at the school as renovations and an addi- tion are now being undertaken. Wingham area Trustee Vin- cent McInnes said it is possi- CLERK HONOURED — Retiring Biddulph clerk Austin Hodgins is joined by Lucon reeve Norm Steeper and former Usborne clerk Harry Strang in admiring one of his gifts at Saturday's celebration. ' T -A photo r;r DAFFODILS FOR CANCER — Members of the three Exeter Sorority chapters were selling daffodils Friday with proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society. Above, Elaine Bogart and Donna Jones make a sale to Cindy Forrest. T -A photo M'ay refuse use of ball diamonds The Huron -Perth Separate School Board won't let ball teams use separate school diamonds if disturbances continue. At its March 26 meeting the board dealt with a letter sign- ed by 19 residents in the St. Joseph's Separate School area in Stratford requesting that use of the diamond be denied to the teams. "Members of the ball teams that play there stay after the games playing loud music, drinking beer and using disgusting language. The Stratford City Police have been called in the past but the noise and disturbances still continued. We all feel that we pay our taxes (and some to the Separate School Board) and should not have to put up with this," states the letter. The Stratford trustee who lives in the area, Ron Marcy, said the statements made in the letter are true. However, he noted that the board has Town council Continued from front page pay 75 percent of Mothers' salary in the period April 30 to August 31. Mothers. who is completing her first year at Brock University in the business ad- ministration program, will receive 8170 per week. Brenda Pinder, who work- ed in the clerk's office the past two summers, has been hired by the University of Western Ontario's Business School to co-ordinate ac- tivities of delegates attending summer management seminars at the school. already given permission for use of the diamonds. John McCauley, acting director of education, said he has talked to a representative Of the recreation department and it will be calling a meeting of the ball teams' management to discuss the problem. The board's plant co- ordinator, Ed Roland, said a similar problem has occurred at St. Ambrose Separate School in Stratford. It was noted that residents have complained to the board about the situation in previous years. The board then approved a motion stating that if the misbehaviour on the ball diamonds continues, the teams will no longer be allow- ed use of the diamonds. A copy of this motion is to be sent to the Stratford Recrea- tion Department. "We have to let them know we mean business," said Mr. Murray. Yipe!! smoke alaMyim's screeching! It makes you jump! It wakes you up! And lets you know • there's smoke and probably fire around. Take a tip from the `OldLady'Wliiloke Manns can't prevent or extinguish fires, they can save your life and prevent injuries -yours and your family's. A reliable, well -installed and main- tained smoke detector is a life-saver! The Old Lady and your Fire Department have lots of other hints on how to prevent fires, how to make your home fire - safe and how to deal with arson, hums- and getting out of a fire safely. For these hints, simply contact your fire department. • ti dpreen hn Pro mom f'rode W Exeter Area Fire Dept. 233-1981 !KARAT GOLD CHAIN Sale 25%off Regular low price . //imw7I s rr.( arrnn/jr.non/ eve are ail /n olive /or a / lel I,,n.I,Y./! of - Karat yol,��l • l ('mins i:a. olols 0nr solo,/ion in.fu/re q3y s/yfri in many leny/Ai. )usl in limo for %nslar or Sale starts Friday, 6 April rt Ca JEWELLER 421 MAIN ST. EXETER l N. THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS Daisy Bunches Market Roses $4.95 5.95 . untpy FJ 'ois 4 EXETER 235.2350